🇫🇷French Source WordCode: FR

Réinventer

Pronunciation / Transliteration: ʁeɛ̃vɑ̃te

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Reinvent/ˌriːɪnˈvɛnt/
verbCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #1500 frequency
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🇫🇷 Example Sentence in French:

"Elle veut réinventer son entreprise."

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2 senses
As verb
  1. 1

    To create something new or different from something that already exists.

    "The company aims to reinvent the way we think about transportation."
  2. 2

    To change or adapt something significantly to improve it.

    "She decided to reinvent her career after years in the same job."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term 'reinvent' is derived from the prefix 're-' meaning 'again' and the verb 'invent', which comes from the Latin 'invenire', meaning 'to find'. The word has evolved since the late 19th century to encompass the idea of creating something anew or in a different way.

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