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reinvent
[ ree-in-vent ]
verb (used with object)
- to invent again or anew, especially without knowing that the invention already exists.
- to remake or make over, as in a different form:
At 60, he reinvented himself as a volunteer. We have an opportunity to reinvent government.
- to bring back; revive:
to reinvent trust and accountability.
reinvent
/ ˌːɪˈɛԳ /
verb
- to replace (a product, etc) with an entirely new version
- to duplicate (something that already exists) in what is therefore a wasted effort (esp in the phrase reinvent the wheel )
Other 51Թ Forms
- i·tDz noun
Example Sentences
Alumni are now busy reinventing American orchestral life.
When you look at her career, Cher has reinvented herself over and over again, picking herself up after trauma or setbacks and pivoting in savvy ways.
He’d reinvented the guitar neck and was kind of burnt out on it — couldn’t do much more with the thing.
I need to keep reinventing life...that is the key.
With her blockbuster 2014 novel “Everything I Never Told You,” Ng reinvented the suburban novel for our present age of anxiety, with its status-signaling, subtle racial tensions, teenage secrets and tone-deaf parents.
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