remake

[ree-meyk, ree-meyk]

verb (used with object)

remade, remaking 

1. to make again or anew.

2. Movies.,  to film again, as a picture or screenplay.

noun

1. Movies.,  a more recent version of an older film.

2. anything that has been remade, renovated, or rebuilt.

   The tailor is offering a special price on remakes.

remake

noun

1. something that is made again, esp a new version of an old film

2. the act of making again or anew

verb

1. (tr) to make again or anew

Other Word Forms

• remaker noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of remake¹

First recorded in 1625–35; re- + make ¹

Example Sentences

Once a symbol of family vacations, it now marks how travel is being remade by demographics, not just by weather or price.

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Once a symbol of family vacations, it now marks how travel is being remade by demographics, not just by weather or price.

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No less than John Lennon registered his own respect for the way that McCartney remade himself after The Beatles’ demise.

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And the user interface - the system you click through to sign players, read news and get to the football - has been remade.

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The bond between director and composer was cemented by the 1956 remake of “The Man Who Knew Too Much,” in which Herrmann himself played the orchestra conductor in the suspenseful Albert Hall climax.

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