remake

[verb ree-meyk; noun ree-meyk]

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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.

Origin of remake

First recorded in 1625–35; re- + make¹

Related formsre·mak·er, noun

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Related Words

revised, fixed, refitted, redone

Examples from the Web for remade

Contemporary Examples

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
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
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
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
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

Historical Examples

His imagination constructed and levelled, and rebuilt and remade.
Dust
Mr. and Mrs. Haldeman-Julius
Roger took the gun into the living tent and Ernest remade the pack.
The Forbidden Trail
Honor Willsie
The will had been remade six months before, after a good deal of consideration.
A Little Girl in Old Boston
Amanda Millie Douglas
They may be seen at the manufacturers of rag and remade carpets.
Textiles and Clothing
Kate Heintz Watson
A support line in the wood was remade and named Bunhill Row.
Short History of the London Rifle Brigade
Unknown

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

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Word Origin and History for remade

remake

v.

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

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Examples from the Web for remade

Contemporary Examples

He could be remade into a defender of the environment, a preserver of habitats and champion of rainforest ecology.

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.

So it's a good thing, I suppose, that Lifetime has now stepped in and remade Flowers in the Attic for television.

Or maybe it's a kind of remade readymade, and gets its power from using Disney as "serious" contemporary art.

In less than a decade, they remade the entire landscape of popular music.

Historical Examples

His imagination constructed and levelled, and rebuilt and remade.

Roger took the gun into the living tent and Ernest remade the pack.

The will had been remade six months before, after a good deal of consideration.

They may be seen at the manufacturers of rag and remade carpets.

A support line in the wood was remade and named Bunhill Row.

remake

Word Origin and History for remade

remake

v.

Origin of remake