remake

[ verb ree-meyk; noun ree-meyk ]

/ verb riˈmeɪk; noun ˈriˌmeɪk /

SEE MORE SYNONYMS FOR remake ON THESAURUS.COM

verb (used with object), re·made, re·mak·ing.

to make again or anew.

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

noun

Movies. a more recent version of an older film.

anything that has been remade, renovated, or rebuilt: The tailor is offering a special price on remakes.

RELATED WORDS

revised, fixed, refitted, redone

Nearby words

Origin of remake

First recorded in 1625–35; re- + make¹

Related formsre·mak·er, noun

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for remade

He could be remade into a defender of the environment, a preserver of habitats and champion of rainforest ecology.
Can Tarzan of the Apes Survive in a Post-Colonial World?|Ted Gioia|November 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, considered by some to be the best game of all time, was remade for the 3DS in 2011.
Video Games Go Wild for Reboots|Alec Kubas-Meyer|July 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST
So it's a good thing, I suppose, that Lifetime has now stepped in and remade Flowers in the Attic for television.
Lifetime’s ‘Flowers in the Attic’ Review: The Incest Is There, The Strange Magic Is Not|Andrew Romano|January 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Or maybe it's a kind of remade readymade, and gets its power from using Disney as "serious" contemporary art.
Disney Meets Duchamp|Blake Gopnik|June 7, 2013|DAILY BEAST

In less than a decade, they remade the entire landscape of popular music.
James Bond Movies & the Beatles Still Pop-Culture Icons 50 Years After Debuts|Malcolm Jones|October 5, 2012|DAILY BEAST
The unprepossessing wardrobe she had gathered in the passing years was remade again and again by the village dressmaker.
The Shuttle|Frances Hodgson Burnett
The first wife remade her life, which was not astonishing; but he remade his, which seemed unbelievable.
The Good Housekeeping Marriage Book|Various
There empty biscuit-tins are remade into tin plates, pans and drinking-cups.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, June 21st, 1916|Various
Baldwin gazed for a full minute or more at the remade jaw of his assistant.
The Sin of Monsieur Pettipon|Richard Connell
He tells us in his "Mmoires," before alluded to, that "Robert" was made and remade before its final production.
Great Italian and French Composers|George T. Ferris

British Dictionary definitions for remade

remake

noun (ˈriːˌmeɪk)

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

the act of making again or anew

verb (riːˈmeɪk) -makes, -making or -made

(tr) to make again or anew

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Word Origin and History for remade

remake

1630s, from re- "back, again" + make (v.). Related: Remade; remaking. As a noun, of movies, from 1936.