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The family

co-invent sth. etw. miterfinden

co-invention Miterfindung

co-inventor Miterfinder(in)

invent sth. etw. erfinden

invention Erfindung; Fantasie

inventive einfallsreich, erfinderisch

inventiveness Einfallsreichtum

inventor Erfinder(in)

reinvent sth. etw. neu erfinden

reinvention Neuerfindung

uninventive unkreativ, unoriginell

Use the family: invent

lShe worked on the product, but I wouldn’t say

she was actually a co-inventor.

lI expected something completely different

— more inventive.

lI’m constantly amazed by his inventiveness.

lSir Tim Berners-Lee is the inventorof the

World Wide Web.

lWe don’t need to reinventthe wheel!

lThe key for the company is reinvention!

lThis design is terribly uninventive. Which

company did it?

ISSUE 25

BE INVENTIVE

To be innovative, you have to be inventive, but not necessarily an inventor. We present

the “invent” word family and other expressions you will need to talk about inventive

people and processes.

CLOSE RELATIONS

co-+ co-invent

re+ reinvent

+ion invention

co-+ co-invention

re+ reinvention

+ ness inventiveness

un+ uninventive

+ive inventive

+or inventor co-+ co-inventor

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invent

Be inventive not

uninventive

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