"reinvent" meaning in English

See reinvent in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-reinvent.wav Forms: reinvents [present, singular, third-person], reinventing [participle, present], reinvented [participle, past], reinvented [past]
Rhymes: -ɛnt Etymology: From re- + invent. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|re|invent}} re- + invent Head templates: {{en-verb}} reinvent (third-person singular simple present reinvents, present participle reinventing, simple past and past participle reinvented)
  1. To invent again something that has already been invented. Translations (to invent again something that has already been invented): преоткривам (preotkrivam) (Bulgarian), heruitvinden (Dutch), reinventar (Portuguese), изобрета́ть велосипе́д (izobretátʹ velosipéd) (Russian), reinventar (Spanish), återuppfinna (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-reinvent-en-verb-29wWV7aF Categories (other): English terms prefixed with re- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with re-: 47 53 Disambiguation of 'to invent again something that has already been invented': 99 1
  2. To adapt into a different form; to give a new style or image to.
    Sense id: en-reinvent-en-verb-u-3norpq Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with re-, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 65 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with re-: 47 53 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 28 72 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 23 77 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 19 81
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: reinvent the wheel

Inflected forms

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