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reinventreinvent /ˌriɪnˈvɛnt/ verb 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 |
1[transitive] to change something a lot so that it is completely different: The American educational system needs to be reinvented.2reinvent yourself to change your behavior, style of clothing, etc. completely so that people think of you in a different way3reinvent the wheel informal to waste time trying to find a way of doing something when someone else has already discovered the best way to do it |