Synonyms

re-create

American

[ree-kree-eyt] / ˌri kriˈeɪt /

verb (used with object)

re-created, re-creating

to create anew.

Synonyms:

remake, reproduce

re-create British

/ ˌriːkrɪˈeɪt /

verb

to create anew; reproduce

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Other Word Forms

re-creatable adjective
re-creative adjective
re-creator noun

Etymology

Origin of re-create

First recorded in 1580–90; re- + create

Example Sentences

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I want to re-create an experience for kids who might not be familiar with their catalog — to feel how their parents felt when they heard “What a Fool Believes.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

Some have gathered to re-create the pretzel scene on the escalator, or to take selfies outside.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026

Huneven said she and her husband had just been talking about which Altadena qualities are most important to try to re-create, and which would be hardest to re-create.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 2026

In Selma: For the movie “Selma,” filmmakers returned to the Edmund Pettus Bridge to re-create the scene where state troopers clashed with nearly 600 voting-rights marchers in 1965, an event known as Bloody Sunday.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 16, 2026

I was going to re-create the scene, what had happened to me, what was playing constantly on the news, on the page.

From "All American Boys" by Jason Reynolds

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