Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To create anew.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To create or form anew.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To
create again. - verb To create a
likeness orcopy of.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb form anew in the imagination; recollect and re-form in the mind
- verb make a replica of
- verb create anew
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Examples
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With little access to American-made products, the stiliagi were forced to re-create them on their own.
A Renegade History of the United States Thaddeus Russell 2010
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These “intentional communities” were typically established in remote locations so as to re-create agrarian, preindustrial society.
A Renegade History of the United States Thaddeus Russell 2010
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How did you re-create the full experience of those 18 days?
The Egyptian Revolution Will be Televised Anna Louie Sussman 2012
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Many are looking for comfort in the ordinary, as the community struggles to re-create a semblance of normalcy.
A Day to Bid Farewell to Tsunami Dead Gordon Fairclough 2011
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Lions coach and former Tennessee Titans defensive coordinator Jim Schwartz looks to re-create the disruptive line he coached from 2001 to 2008 starring Vanden Bosch and Albert Haynesworth.
Top picks Ndamukong Suh, Gerald McCoy full of excitement 2010
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For example, Mike and I loved to re-create dance steps that we watched from the golden age of Hollywood—moves perfected by Gene Kelly and Cyd Charisse, Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers.
True You Janet Jackson 2011
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I would re-create that book, as a pie, and take my own first step into tradition.
Archive 2009-09-01 Sarah 2009
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If you were to try to re-create that gun today it would cost at least three times what Safari Outfitters wanted for it.
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I would re-create that book, as a pie, and take my own first step into tradition.
I Call it "Rustic" Sarah 2009
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If you were to try to re-create that gun today it would cost at least three times what Safari Outfitters wanted for it.
jrome commented on the word re-create
"One thing we've always tried to avoid in The White Stripes is all those words that I can't stand that start with 'R,' such as retro, and relic, and reissue, and re-create, all that stuff," White says. "All I know is I just want my stuff to sound as soulful as I can." - Jack White on NPR, http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=17332103
December 19, 2007