Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

reinvention

/ɹˌiɪnvˈɛnʃən/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.64 in modern English

Syllables: rein-ven-tion
IPA: /ɹˌiɪnvˈɛnʃən/

14

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A reinventing of something.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The condition of being reinvented.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"There have been various reinventions of the wheel."
"Chicago was home to the reinvention of the harmonica from tiny dime store toy to amplified and distorted Mississippi sax."
"Personal reinventions fail partly for the obvious reasons: you set your goals too high; or your existing obligations at work or home get in the way; or you find (who could have imagined it?) that the unimpressive level of self-discipline you’ve demonstrated for your entire life until this moment can’t magically be tripled overnight."
"Etzler was a follower of the wonkish French utopian Charles Fourier, who promised that the scientific reinvention of nature would transmute the saltwater into lemonade."

Etymology

From re- + invention.

Usage

Inflected Forms

reinventions (plural)

Phrases

reinvention of the wheel self-reinvention

Rhymes With

attention mention convention extension prevention intervention suspension tension pension non-intervention invention dimension

Questions

How do you pronounce reinvention?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɹˌiɪnvˈɛnʃən/.
What does reinvention mean?: A reinventing of something.
Where does reinvention come from?: From re- + invention.

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