to recreate

Examples

• All

• Other students might prefer to recreate music with technology rather than perform it live.

  Academic text (2015)

• This girl has recreated an airport in her house.

  Cosmopolitan UK

• So they began to recreate the war in Britain.

  The Great War

• Can you talk about that decision to recreate them on the planet?

• Thus, they stayed where they were and helped to recreate the social structure in the next generation.

  Academic text (1995)

• What materials are we using to recreate the lunar surface?

  Fly Me to the Moon (2024)

• So the researchers set about trying to recreate that scenario in the lab.

• Now, as you can see, we have recreated our own version here.

• Recreate the computer simulation to include this new possibility.

  Double Team (1997)

• Next, the students were charged with the task of recreating the basic game.

  Academic text (2012)

Synonyms

C

to copy

vsto recreate

328 1.0

Make the same words or pictures as the original

can include broader imitation or creative recreation, not only copying

D

to duplicate

vsto recreate

84 3.5

To make an exact copy of something

allows copying that may imitate rather than produce an exact match

R

to replicate

vsto recreate

79 4.8

To do something again in the same way to get the same result

is similar but can allow small differences rather than exact method

R

to remake

vsto recreate

52 3.5

To make something again in a new or better way

focuses on producing a close copy or faithful imitation of the original

R

to reproduce

vsto recreate

41 4.0

To make a copy of something that looks like the original

focuses more on remaking rather than simply producing a lookalike

R

to reconstitute

vsto recreate

18 7.0

Form something again after it has been destroyed or changed

keeps to reproducing the original form rather than reorganizing its structure

M

to make over

vsto recreate

10 5.1

Change something old so it can be used in a new way

focuses on producing a close copy or faithful imitation instead of adaptation

R

to regenerate

vsto recreate

6 5.5

Bring something back to a better or original state

is about making a close copy rather than restoring or improving condition

R

to recompose

vsto recreate

1 6.0

Arrange parts again in a new way, like a picture or song

aims to copy or imitate the original rather than change its arrangement

R

to reduplicate

vsto recreate

1 7.8

To do something again in the same way to copy the original

emphasizes making anew rather than simply repeating an earlier action

R

to recopy

vsto recreate

1 3.7

To write or type something again to fix mistakes

covers recreating intentionally, not only correcting or copying errors

R

to re-create

vsto recreate

• UK

4.1

Make something again so it looks like the original

is the modern unhyphenated written form of the same action

R

to resynthesize

vsto recreate

• Specialized

7.8

To make a material again using a scientific or technical method

is more general and fits everyday making or imitation contexts

Antonyms

D

to destroy

∞ 1.0

Damage something so badly that it cannot be used or fixed

How Accurate

to replicate

• Specialized

66 4.9

to reproduce

41 4.0

to recreate

102 4.5

to imitate

186 2.7

approximate

29 3.9

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology