reinvents
reinvents is the third-person singular simple present indicative of reinvent.
Meaning of reinvent
Verb
reinvent (third-person singular simple present reinvents, present participle reinventing, simple past and past participle reinvented)
- 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...
- 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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Questions about reinvents
- What is reinvents the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
- Reinvents is the third-person singular simple present indicative of reinvent.
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