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re-create

(ˌriːkrɪˈeɪt)
vb
to create anew; reproduce
ˌre-creˈator n
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re-cre•ate

(ˌri kriˈeɪt)

v.t. -at•ed, -at•ing.
to create anew.
[1580–90]

rec•re•ate

(ˈrɛk riˌeɪt)
v. -at•ed, -at•ing. v.t.
1. to refresh through recreation.
v.i.
2. to take recreation.
rec′re•a`tive, adj.
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re-create


Past participle: re-created
Gerund: re-creating

Imperative
re-create
re-create
Present
I re-create
you re-create
he/she/it re-creates
we re-create
you re-create
they re-create
Preterite
I re-created
you re-created
he/she/it re-created
we re-created
you re-created
they re-created
Present Continuous
I am re-creating
you are re-creating
he/she/it is re-creating
we are re-creating
you are re-creating
they are re-creating
Present Perfect
I have re-created
you have re-created
he/she/it has re-created
we have re-created
you have re-created
they have re-created
Past Continuous
I was re-creating
you were re-creating
he/she/it was re-creating
we were re-creating
you were re-creating
they were re-creating
Past Perfect
I had re-created
you had re-created
he/she/it had re-created
we had re-created
you had re-created
they had re-created
Future
I will re-create
you will re-create
he/she/it will re-create
we will re-create
you will re-create
they will re-create
Future Perfect
I will have re-created
you will have re-created
he/she/it will have re-created
we will have re-created
you will have re-created
they will have re-created
Future Continuous
I will be re-creating
you will be re-creating
he/she/it will be re-creating
we will be re-creating
you will be re-creating
they will be re-creating
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been re-creating
you have been re-creating
he/she/it has been re-creating
we have been re-creating
you have been re-creating
they have been re-creating
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been re-creating
you will have been re-creating
he/she/it will have been re-creating
we will have been re-creating
you will have been re-creating
they will have been re-creating
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been re-creating
you had been re-creating
he/she/it had been re-creating
we had been re-creating
you had been re-creating
they had been re-creating
Conditional
I would re-create
you would re-create
he/she/it would re-create
we would re-create
you would re-create
they would re-create
Past Conditional
I would have re-created
you would have re-created
he/she/it would have re-created
we would have re-created
you would have re-created
they would have re-created
Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Verb1.re-create - create anew; "Re-create the boom of the West on a small scale"
regenerate - replace (tissue or a body part) through the formation of new tissue; "The snake regenerated its tail"
create, make - make or cause to be or to become; "make a mess in one's office"; "create a furor"
regenerate, renew - reestablish on a new, usually improved, basis or make new or like new; "We renewed our friendship after a hiatus of twenty years"; "They renewed their membership"
fictionalise, fictionalize, retell - make into fiction; "The writer fictionalized the lives of his parents in his latest novel"
counterfeit, fake, forge - make a copy of with the intent to deceive; "he faked the signature"; "they counterfeited dollar bills"; "She forged a Green Card"
interpret, represent - create an image or likeness of; "The painter represented his wife as a young girl"
retell, recite - render verbally, "recite a poem"; "retell a story"
stage, present, represent - perform (a play), especially on a stage; "we are going to stage `Othello'"
perform - give a performance (of something); "Horowitz is performing at Carnegie Hall tonight"; "We performed a popular Gilbert and Sullivan opera"
act, play, represent - play a role or part; "Gielgud played Hamlet"; "She wants to act Lady Macbeth, but she is too young for the role"; "She played the servant to her husband's master"
reenact - enact or perform again; "They reenacted the battle of Princeton"
simulate, model - create a representation or model of; "The pilots are trained in conditions simulating high-altitude flights"
spiel, play - replay (as a melody); "Play it again, Sam"; "She played the third movement very beautifully"
2.re-create - make a replica of; "copy that drawing"; "re-create a picture by Rembrandt"
manifold - make multiple copies of; "multiply a letter"
create, make - make or cause to be or to become; "make a mess in one's office"; "create a furor"
imitate - make a reproduction or copy of
trace - copy by following the lines of the original drawing on a transparent sheet placed upon it; make a tracing of; "trace a design"; "trace a pattern"
back up - make a copy of (a computer file) especially for storage in another place as a security copy; "You'd better back up these files!"
hectograph - copy on a duplicator; "hectograph the hand-outs"
clone - make multiple identical copies of; "people can clone a sheep nowadays"
mimeo, mimeograph - print copies from (a prepared stencil) using a mimeograph; "She mimeographed the syllabus"
roneo - make copies on a Roneograph
3.re-create - form anew in the imagination; recollect and re-form in the mind; "His mind re-creates the entire world"
create by mental act, create mentally - create mentally and abstractly rather than with one's hands
reproduce - recreate a sound, image, idea, mood, atmosphere, etc.; "this DVD player reproduces the sound of the piano very well"; "He reproduced the feeling of sadness in the portrait"
Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.

re-create

verb
To make new or as if new again:
Idiom: give a new look to.
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Translations

re-create

[ˈriːkrɪˈeɪt] VT (= create again) → recrear, volver a crear
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

re-create

(riːkriˈeit) verb
to describe or show realistically. In the film, they had tried to recreate the horrors of the war.
ˌre-creˈation noun
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