REINVENT


Meaning of REINVENT in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ri:ɪnvent ]

( reinvents, reinventing, reinvented)

1.

To reinvent something means to change it so that it seems different and new.

They have tried to reinvent their retail stores...

He was determined to reinvent himself as a poet and writer.

VERB : V n , V pron-refl

• re‧inven‧tion

...a reinvention of the styles of the 1940s.

N-UNCOUNT

2.

If someone is trying to reinvent the wheel , they are trying to do something that has already been done successfully.

Some of these ideas are worth pursuing, but there is no need to reinvent the wheel.

PHRASE : V inflects

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