re-create

verb

To create again; to create anew.

Meanings

verbre-create (third-person singular simple present re-creates, present participle re-creating, simple past and past participle re-created)

present singular third person re-creates · participle present re-creating · participle past re-created · past re-created · alternative recreate

  1. transitiveTo create again; to create anew.

    We write, write a song of love / Sounds, they never dissipate / They only re-create / To another place in time

    1977, Earth, Wind & Fire, “I'll Write a Song For You”, in All 'n All
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    The detail of the investigation into every aspect of this incident, including repeated re-created test runs - is a classic example of these superb reports.

    2019 December 18, Nigel Harris, “180 years of tragedy and progress”, in Rail, page 59

Synonyms & antonyms

verbproduce or make another of

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verbmake a replica of

Broader

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

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create by mental actcreate mentally

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Cite this entry
APA

re-create. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/re-create

MLA

“re-create.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/re-create. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “re-create,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/re-create.

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