Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • transitive verb To produce (a film or television show) that is a remake of an earlier version, but which approaches the story from a refreshed or new viewpoint.

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  • verb To imagine or conceive something in a new way

Etymologies

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re- +‎ imagine

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Examples

  • Even if your old stories aren't that good, you can take the concepts and "reimagine" them.

    J M McDermott 2010

  • Fox gave the writers carte blanche to "reimagine" the show.

    Reinventing '24' 2008

  • This is the story teller that is being allowed to "reimagine" one of the most fervently loved stories in modern Science Fiction.

    Must Watch: J.J. Abrams' Star Trek Trailer - What Do You Think? « FirstShowing.net 2008

  • Has much more potential than commiting yourself to trying to "reimagine" on screen that which the audience, technically, already knows in one form or another.

    Filmstalker: Jackman talks Wolverine prequel 2006

  • I mean, for 27 years, most days since I entered public life I have just been on a relentless schedule, and I have the opportunity now to kind of reimagine what I want my life to be like.

    Interview Of The President By Mark Knoller Of Cbs Radio ITY National Archives 2001

  • Festival artistic director Anne Allan will step aside as the director and choreographer of the long-running musical and let a new creative team "reimagine" the Canadian classic, based on Lucy Maud Montgomery's 1908 novel.

    The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed 2010

  • Wait, did Bruce Springsteen's guitar player take to the pages of Politico (!) and urge readers not to help rebuild Haiti, but instead help "reimagine" it?

    Reason Magazine 2010

  • Nonprofits must, they said, "reimagine" their relationship with supporters.

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com 2010

  • Festival artistic director Anne Allan will step aside as the director and choreographer of the long-running musical and let a new creative team "reimagine" the Canadian classic, based on Lucy Maud Montgomery's 1908 novel.

    The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed 2010

  • "Look, it's perfect, how and why would you want to 'reimagine' that?"

    Latest News - MovieWeb.com 2009

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