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.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To
imagine orconceive something in a new way
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word reimagine.
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.
-
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.
-
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.
-
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.
-
"Look, it's perfect, how and why would you want to 'reimagine' that?"
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.