"reinvent" meaning in English

See reinvent in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: reinvents [present, singular, third-person], reinventing [participle, present], reinvented [participle, past], reinvented [past]
Rhymes: -ɛnt Etymology: 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 entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with re- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 56 44 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with re-: 56 44 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
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: reinvent the wheel

Inflected forms

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