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re-create

verb · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

verb

Meaning 1

To create again; to create anew.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

form anew in the imagination; recollect and re-form in the mind

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • His mind re-creates the entire world

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: create by mental act, create mentally

Narrower terms: reproduce

3

verb

Meaning 3

create anew

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • Re-create the boom of the West on a small scale

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: make, create

Narrower terms: regenerate, renew, fictionalize, fictionalise, retell, forge, fake, counterfeit, represent, interpret, recite, stage, present, perform, act, play, reenact, model, simulate, spiel

4

verb

Meaning 4

make a replica of

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • copy that drawing
  • re-create a picture by Rembrandt

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: copy

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: make, create

Narrower terms: manifold, imitate, trace, back up, hectograph, clone, mimeograph, mimeo, roneo

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