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reinvented

reinvented is the simple past and past participle of reinvent.

Meaning of reinvent

Verb

reinvent (third-person singular simple present reinvents, present participle reinventing, simple past and past participle reinvented)

  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.1993, Marsha Witten, “Narrative and the Culture of Obedience at the Workplace”, in Dennis K. Mumby, editor, Narrative and Social Control: Critical Perspectives (Sage Annual Reviews of Communications...
  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.

Phrases with reinvented

Questions about reinvented

What is reinvented the simple past and past participle of?
Reinvented is the simple past and past participle of reinvent.

Words near reinvented in the dictionary

  1. reinvasion
  2. reinvasions
  3. reinvent
  4. reinvent the wheel
  5. reinventable
  6. reinvented
  7. reinvented the wheel
  8. reinventing
  9. reinventing the wheel
  10. reinvention
  11. reinvention of the wheel

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