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reinventre‧in‧vent /ˌriːɪnˈvent/ verb [transitive] VERB TABLEreinvent |
Present | I, you, we, they | reinvent | | he, she, it | reinvents | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | reinvented | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have reinvented | | he, she, it | has reinvented | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had reinvented | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will reinvent | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have reinvented |
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Present | I | am reinventing | | he, she, it | is reinventing | | you, we, they | are reinventing | Past | I, he, she, it | was reinventing | | you, we, they | were reinventing | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been reinventing | | he, she, it | has been reinventing | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been reinventing | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be reinventing | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been reinventing |
- The American educational system needs to be reinvented.
- 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.
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. ► reinvent yourself- Madonna kept winning new fans as she reinvented herself.
- By remixing and adding new parts to certain sections they have successfully managed to reinvent themselves.
- City, state and federal governments reinvent themselves, scaling back, spending less on human services.
- In this fast-changing environment, several commercial on-line services are trying to reinvent themselves.
- New skills can increase personal satisfaction Women in particular are susceptible to believing that improving their appearance can help them reinvent themselves.
- Simply put, 88open either has to reinvent itself or hang it up.
- The company intends to reinvent itself from a leading distributor of on-line content into primarily a developer of on-line content.
- The emphasis can only grow as even large companies are forced to reinvent themselves along more entrepreneurial, internet-enabled lines.
- They reinvent themselves, often without a model for their paternal roles.
► reinvent the wheel- He had set out to reinvent the wheel; actually he wound up inventing it.
- I mean, why reinvent the wheel if it rolls?
- 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.
nouninventioninventivenessinventorverbinventreinventadjectiveinventiveadverbinventively 1to make changes to an idea, method, system etc in order to improve it or make it more modern SYN reform: plans to reinvent the American educational system2reinvent yourself to do something differently from before, especially in order to improve or change the way people think of you: Bowie has constantly reinvented himself during his long career.3reinvent the wheel informal to waste time trying to find a way to do something when someone else has already discovered the best way to do it |