reinvent
/ˌɹiɪnˈvɛnt/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.06 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "Overprocessing. The big problem in this area is a lack of standardization. A lot of time is spent reinventing the wheel. There are a lot of similar activities, and the lead time (set-up time) for reinventing the process should be eliminated."
- "He had the ability to reinvent himself as needed."
- "The compulsion to expose, renegotiate, or reinvent the strengths and weaknesses of dance tradition offers little in its final outcome to attract the average dance-goer."
- "When Lew Wasserman reinvented the studio system, leadership skills grew harder to find and the number of modern studio conglomerates boiled down to six, as discussed in chapters 15 to 20."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English invent English reinvent From re- + invent.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˌɹiɪnˈvɛnt/
- British English: /ɹiːɪnˈvɛnt/
Usage
Inflected Forms
reinvents (present, singular)
reinventing (participle, present)
reinvented (participle, past)
reinvented (past)
re-invent (alternative)