remake

[ verb ree-meyk; noun ree-meyk ]

/ verb riˈmeɪk; noun ˈriˌmeɪk /

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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.

RELATED WORDS

revised, fixed, refitted, redone

Nearby words

remainder, remainderman, remaining, remains, remak's sign, remake, reman, remand, remand centre, remand home, remanence

Origin of remake

First recorded in 1625–35; re- + make¹

Related formsre·mak·er, noun

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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.
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Or maybe it's a kind of remade readymade, and gets its power from using Disney as "serious" contemporary art.
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In less than a decade, they remade the entire landscape of popular music.
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The unprepossessing wardrobe she had gathered in the passing years was remade again and again by the village dressmaker.
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The first wife remade her life, which was not astonishing; but he remade his, which seemed unbelievable.
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There empty biscuit-tins are remade into tin plates, pans and drinking-cups.
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Baldwin gazed for a full minute or more at the remade jaw of his assistant.
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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

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