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to recreate

to recreate

8 5.3
To make someone or something feel fresh and full of energy
  • verb
  • /ˌriːkrɪˈeɪt/
translation icon : revitalizar
  • The garden was designed to recreate the beauty of the natural landscape with colorful flowers and lush greenery.
  • recreate community spirit
  • renew and recreate
  • help recreate

They mix us up in the country and we are going to recreate ourselves.

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Examples

  • After a long week, he decided to take some time off to recreate and refresh his outlook on life.

  • We are continually remaking, reinventing, and recreating ourselves as a people.

    Academic text (1998)
  • But we'll be able to back up what we're thinking and really recreate ourselves.

  • Just remember one thing, nothing can recreate your youth.

  • I need to recreate the magic of that last class.

  • First, it will help recreate a unified, independent Korea and maintain its independence for a long time to come.

    Academic text (1999)
  • We deconstruct what works and then we recreate what we think is better.

  • I was so marked by that, that on some level I've tried to recreate a healthy version of it my whole life.

  • To maintain her health, she likes to recreate regularly by hiking in the mountains and practicing yoga.

Synonyms

to restore
vsto recreate
234 3.8

Make someone feel healthy and full of energy again

focuses on added freshness or energy, not only returning to former state
to renew
vsto recreate
94 3.7

Start again after a pause, often a relationship or activity

leans more toward simple refreshment rather than formal restarting
to remake
vsto recreate
52 3.5

To make something again in a new or better way

focuses on bringing fresh energy rather than remaking the form
to refresh
vsto recreate
50 2.8

Make someone or something feel full of energy and less tired

is broader, applying to any freshening beyond physical tiredness
to revitalize
vsto recreate
  • US
45 4.8

To give new life and energy to something

focuses more on general freshness and renewed feeling
to rekindle
vsto recreate
33 5.1

Make a feeling or interest strong again

covers freshening broadly, not only restarting old feelings
to animate
vsto recreate
25 4.0

To make a group or event more lively and energetic

is less about creating vivid motion and more about simple renewal
to rejuvenate
vsto recreate
24 5.5

Make a person or thing look and feel younger

covers general refreshment not only youthful or age ideas
to reinvigorate
vsto recreate
19 5.7

To give new energy and interest to a person or thing

emphasizes simple freshness rather than strong physical vigor
to reanimate
vsto recreate
16 7.2

To bring back life and energy to a person or thing

is more about making things feel refreshed rather than full revival
to reimagine
vsto recreate
9 4.7

Think of something in a new way

concerns adding energy or freshness rather than changing the idea
to regenerate
vsto recreate
6 5.5

Bring something back to a better or original state

is narrower, stressing freshening or added liveliness rather than full rebuilding
to renovate
vsto recreate
3 4.0

To make a person or thing feel fresh and full of energy

is more general about adding energy rather than physical fixing
to quicken
vsto recreate
2 5.4

To make a person or thing more lively

focuses on freshness and calm renewal rather than speed increase
to revivify
vsto recreate
  • Formal
1 8.5

To give new life and energy to people or things

is milder, highlighting general refreshing rather than strong vivification
to vivify
vsto recreate
  • Formal
1 8.2

To make something more lively or bright

is broader, covering energy or freshness beyond vividness alone
to reforge
vsto recreate
1 7.6

Make something again by melting and shaping it or by changing it a lot

is about restoring energy and freshness without heavy physical reshaping
to refreshen
vsto recreate
  • Archaic
4.3

To make something feel new and alive again

uses a more general idea of renewing energy or freshness
to reinfuse
vsto recreate
6.5

To make people or things feel more energetic again

applies more generally to overall freshness rather than one quality
to reinspire
vsto recreate
5.6

To make someone feel excited and ready to try new things

is more about general freshness and external energy restoration

Antonyms

68 3.7

To use up all of a supply or resource

How Refreshing

to revitalize
  • US
45 4.8
to invigorate
26 5.5
to recreate
8 5.3
to refresh
50 2.8
to cheer
392 1.0

Surface Forms

recreate infinitive
recreated past
recreated past participle
recreating present participle
recreates third person singular

Morphology

recreate = create (semi-transparent) = re + create

The sense 'refresh or revitalize' is an extended, metaphorical use of 're-create' (to make anew) rather than a literal 'make again'.

Etymology

Recreate comes from re- 'again' and create 'make', and it once had the sense of 'make fresh again'. So to recreate someone is to bring back energy or give new life to a tired mind or body.