reimagine

verb re·imag·ine \ ˌrē-i-ˈma-jən \

|Updated on: 17 Jul 2018

Definition of reimagine

reimagined; reimagining; reimagines

: to imagine again or anew; especially : to form a new conception of : re-create

Recent Examples of reimagine from the Web

Like other tech companies, Bird and Lime seek to reimagine the public realm.

— NBC News, "The next Uber? Scooter startups flood U.S. cities as funding pours in," 9 July 2018
Buenos Aires would invite Le Corbusier, the Swiss apostle of towerblocks and bulldozers, to reimagine the Argentine capital from scratch.

— jason farago, New York Times, "How Latin America Was Built, Before Modernism Came Along," 18 Apr. 2018
Feminist groups want to reimagine Disney princesses in their own image, using the princesses little girls love as tools for propaganda.

— faith moore, WSJ, "Planned Princesshood," 2 Apr. 2018
Now the second attempt to reimagine the pier will open Saturday, taking the Victorian theme of the last refurbishment and giving it a Pixar makeover.

— todd martens, latimes.com, "How Disney's Paradise Pier, the 'antithesis' of Walt, became California Adventure's Pixar Pier," 22 June 2018
Ung’s idea is to reimagine what business casual looks like for a new generation of women climbing diverse ladders of success.

— brooke bobb, Vogue, "The Make Wants to Redefine Business Casual for the Millennial Generation," 13 June 2018
Today, the aesthetics of Balenciaga and Givenchy live on through their successors, Demna Gvasalia and Clare Waight Keller, both of whom have made an effort to reimagine the designers’ respective signatures.

— emilia petrarca, The Cut, "Fashion Remembers Hubert de Givenchy’s Genius," 13 Mar. 2018
Writing in a journal helped him reimagine the shooting, first without sound, then without smell, then without color.

— noah weiland, New York Times, "9 Minutes of Terror, 12 Months of Recovery: Inside the Republican Baseball Team’s Return," 10 June 2018
Spielberg, who created the original series, was not involved at the time but is now credited as an exec producer on the Apple series, which will reimagine the original.

— lesley goldberg, The Hollywood Reporter, "'Once Upon a Time' Creators Renew ABC Deal, Join Apple's 'Amazing Stories' Reboot," 22 May 2018

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