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reinvent

  • /ɹiːɪnˈvɛnt/ UK
  • /ˌɹiɪnˈvɛnt/ Canada, US
  • /ˌɹiɪnˈvɛnt/ California
  • [ˌɹiɪnˈvænt] California
  • /ˌɹiɪnˈvɛnt/ Inland Northern American
  • [ˌɹiɪnˈvɜnt] Inland Northern American
  • [ˌɹiɪnˈvɐnt] Inland Northern American
  • [ˌɹiɪnˈvænt] Inland Northern American
  • /ɹiːɪnˈvent/ Australia

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verb reinvents · reinventing · reinvented · re-invent

  1. transitive To invent again something that has already been invented. A narrative circulates at Mitchell, Hall about a naive young employee who, in his eagerness to be creative, "reinvents the wheel," devoting so many hours reformulating work that has already been done that he drives himself into a nervous breakdown.
  2. transitive To adapt into a different form; to give a new style or image to. He had the ability to reinvent himself as needed.

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Closest in meaning: rethink, rediscover, reconstruct, rebuild, renew, discover, emerge, fabricate, devise, invent, uncover, redevise, recreate, innovent, refabricate, reinstantiate

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verb to invent again something that has already been invented

Españolreinventar
Portuguêsreinventar
Deutschwiedererfinden, neu erfinden
Русскийизобрета́ть велосипе́д izobretátʹ velosipéd

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@misc{reinvent_2026,
  title = {reinvent},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/reinvent},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}