REINVENT


Meaning of REINVENT in English

verb

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ NOUN

wheel

Learning by discovery doesn't mean reinventing the wheel each time you need to move the wagon.

Without mentors we have to reinvent the wheel each new generation.

I mean, why reinvent the wheel if it rolls?

■ VERB

try

Some of the Windows programs failed farmers, says Mr Hamilton, because they tried to reinvent Windows.

In this fast-changing environment, several commercial on-line services are trying to reinvent themselves.

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

The American educational system needs to be reinvented.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

But the clothier credited with reinventing menswear in the 1980s faces arguably the most daunting challenge of his career.

But to make our governments effective again we must reinvent them.

He will tell us he is responsible for reinventing government and turning more power back to the states.

Learning by discovery doesn't mean reinventing the wheel each time you need to move the wagon.

The emphasis can only grow as even large companies are forced to reinvent themselves along more entrepreneurial, internet-enabled lines.

Without mentors we have to reinvent the wheel each new generation.

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