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UK
/ɹˌiːɪnvˈɛnt/
]
[ US /ˌɹiɪnˈvɛnt/ ]
[ US /ˌɹiɪnˈvɛnt/ ]
VERB
-
create anew and make over
He reinvented African music for American listeners -
bring back into existence
The candidate reinvented the concept of national health care so that he would get elected
How To Use reinvent In A Sentence
- Thailand has constantly reinvented itself to stay ahead in the tourism game. Times, Sunday Times
- He reinvented the genre of sports writing. Times, Sunday Times
- A corporation, or an industry, is sustainable only when it continually reinvents and recapitalizes itself to meet changing business requirements.
- What it's like: self-satisfaction made into music - a trip-hop-tinged reinvention that could soundtrack an advert for a horrible men's fragrance. Times, Sunday Times
- The emir's reinvented country is far from perfect. Times, Sunday Times
- But then perhaps modern marriage is old-fashioned already and needs reinventing. Times, Sunday Times
- Constant self-examination allows them to shed old baggage and reinvent themselves.
- The first smash hit of the 2007-2008 Broadway season turned out to be one of the biggest surprises in Broadway history †“Xanadu.†People are calling a hilariously reinvented send-up of the 1980’s Olivia Newton-John film, this irreverent musical adventure, about following your dreams when others say you shouldn’t, spins along to the addictive original hit film score by pop-rock legends Jeff Lynne and John Farrar. Whoopi Roller Skates ‘Xanadu’
- It is begging for reinvention for a new era. The Sun
- But even the cutesy spelling of the store's name couldn't keep it afloat; the space has now reinvented itself as Spirit Halloween superstore. Harmon Leon: Do All Closed Businesses in SF Resurrect as Halloween Superstores?