rec·re·ate
ˈre-krē-ˌāt 
recreated; recreating; recreates
: to give new life or freshness to : refresh
supporters of preservation hope to recreate the architectural splendor that the old movie theater had when it first opened
… it became late enough to suggest tea. We had got through one brew, and the three great minds were recreating themselves with cake, when there came another knock at the door …—
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: to take recreation
an old summer resort where families have been recreating for over a century
re-cre·ate
ˌrē-krē-ˈāt
variants
or recreate
re-created or recreated; re-creating or recreating; re-creates
: to create again
especially
: to form anew in the imagination
Examples of recreate in a Sentence
Verb (1)
supporters of preservation hope to recreate the architectural splendor that the old movie theater had when it first opened
an old summer resort where families have been recreating for over a century
Verb (2)
The movie set re-creates a London street of 1895.
The scene of the crime was re-created based upon police photographs.
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Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 23 Apr. 2026
What Jaafar does amounts to an elaborate impression instead of an interpretation, re-creating the voice and the famous choreography and otherwise staring blankly into the middle distance when called upon to transmit emotions.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 23 Apr. 2026
Astronomers decided to re-create the original Hubble image in honor of the 36th anniversary of the space telescope’s launch on April 24, 1990.
—Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 21 Apr. 2026
The idea behind the music video was to re-create a street environment.
—Paula Aceves, Curbed, 20 Apr. 2026
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Verb
For that work, Ai created six different dioramas that re-created his time in detention, featuring fiberglass sculptures of the artist and his guards.
—Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 23 Apr. 2026
What Jaafar does amounts to an elaborate impression instead of an interpretation, re-creating the voice and the famous choreography and otherwise staring blankly into the middle distance when called upon to transmit emotions.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 23 Apr. 2026
Astronomers decided to re-create the original Hubble image in honor of the 36th anniversary of the space telescope’s launch on April 24, 1990.
—Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 21 Apr. 2026
The idea behind the music video was to re-create a street environment.
—Paula Aceves, Curbed, 20 Apr. 2026
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“Recreate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/recreate. Accessed 25 Apr. 2026.
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recreate
1 of 2 verb
rec·re·ate
ˈrek-rē-ˌāt
recreated; recreating
1
: to give new life or freshness to
2
: to take recreation
recreative
adjective
-ˌāt-iv
re-create
2 of 2 verb
re-cre·ate
ˌrē-krē-ˈāt
: to create again especially in the imagination
re-creation
noun
-ˈā-shən
re-creative
adjective
-ˈāt-iv
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