reinvent
verb/ˌriːɪnˈvent/
/ˌriːɪnˈvent/
Verb Forms
Idioms | present simple I / you / we / they reinvent | /ˌriːɪnˈvent/ /ˌriːɪnˈvent/ |
| he / she / it reinvents | /ˌriːɪnˈvents/ /ˌriːɪnˈvents/ |
| past simple reinvented | /ˌriːɪnˈventɪd/ /ˌriːɪnˈventɪd/ |
| past participle reinvented | /ˌriːɪnˈventɪd/ /ˌriːɪnˈventɪd/ |
| -ing form reinventing | /ˌriːɪnˈventɪŋ/ /ˌriːɪnˈventɪŋ/ |
- reinvent something/yourself (as something) to present yourself/something in a new form or with a new image
- The former wild man of rock has reinvented himself as a respectable family man.
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Idioms
See reinvent in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionaryreinvent the wheel
- to waste time creating something that already exists and works well
- There’s no point in us reinventing the wheel.
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