Other forms: reinvented, reinventing, reinvents
To reinvent is to make something afresh in a new form. Reinvent the format, reinvented herself, reinvent the business.
Reinvent the wheel is the warning against redoing work already done, and it is the phrase most people meet the word in. Reinventing yourself is a real and respected act where reinventing the wheel is a waste. Note the re- meaning again.
1verbreinventTo make something afresh in a new form.
“The chef reinvented the classic apple pie as a light, crisp dessert.”
reinvent is a remaking.
Proto-Indo-European
*gʷem-
Latin
inventus
Old French
inventer
Middle English
inventen
English
invent
English, today
reinvent
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From re- + invent. invent comes from Middle English inventen, borrowed from Old French inventer, from Latin inventus, perfect passive participle of inveniō (“come upon, meet with, find, discover”), from in (“in, on”) + veniō (“come”); see venture. Compare advent, covent, event, prevent, etc. Displaced native āþenċan.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA