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REINVENT
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they reinvent ... he / she / it reinvents
Past simple: reinvented
Past participle: reinvented
-ing form: reinventing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Create anew and make over
Example:
He reinvented African music for American listeners
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Hypernyms (to "reinvent" is one way to...):
recreate (create anew)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 2
Meaning:
Bring back into existence
Example:
The candidate reinvented the concept of national health care so that he would get elected
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Hypernyms (to "reinvent" is one way to...):
create (bring into existence)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
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