1-Stop Dictionary Reference

Reinvent

Acceptable For Game Play - US & UK word lists

This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

v. To make over completely: "She reinvented Indian cooking to fit a Western kitchen and a Western larder” ( Irene Sax).

v. To bring back into existence or use: reinvented the concept of neighborliness.

idiom. reinvent the wheel To do something again, from the beginning, especially in a needless or inefficient effort: "School districts need not reinvent the wheel every time they try to improve their schools” ( Washington Post).

idiom. reinvent the wheel To recast something familiar or old into a different form: "Call it reinventing the wheel or recasting old ideas, but these contemporary versions have a spirit and style all their own” ( New York Times).

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

v. To invent again something that has already been invented.

v. To renew.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

To devise or create anew, independently and without knowledge of a previous invention.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

v. bring back into existence

v. create anew and make over

Word Usage

"When Japan enters the Second World War, Gion's isolation is finally breached and Sayuri must once again reinvent herself and her way of existence."

Verb Form

reinvented reinventing reinvents

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

create recreate

Form

reinvent the wheel

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

Bendt Brent Gent Ghent Kent