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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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

Andrew Manches, professor of children and technology at the University of Edinburgh, agreed the beauty of Lego lay in "the freedom to create, re-create, and adapt simple blocks into endless stories powered by children's imagination".

From BBC • Jan. 6, 2026

A rose garden, salty ocean wind, burning cordite—the tower could convincingly re-create them all.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline

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