retread
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7.4
- noun
- /ˈriːtrɛd/
:
nueva versión
- The film is just another retread of a classic story that we've seen many times before.
- feels like a retread
Examples
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Many fans were disappointed by the retread of the original series, feeling it lost its charm.
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And in the arts, I tend to think that it mostly incentivizes retreads of valuable IP.
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iOS 6 is a retread of familiar territory.
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And while I can definitely spot the influence, this is in no way a remake or retread of that movie.
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But the other thing I think he has a problem with is that most of his economic plan feels like it's a retread of something from 25 years ago.
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It's a retread of trickle-down economics that your party has been pushing for well over 25 years, which we know does not work.
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Surely the demographic realities of our 21st century demand something more than retread 20th century policies.
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The story is mostly a retread of what has been said before, except for the club's success strategy, beautifully illuminated by head host Bey Archer.
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The problem with the Occupy movement has become that it has essentially become a tired retread of decades of failed solutions, promulgated by naive (sorry, Cecilia) kids being taught by aging Marxist professors who haven't ever actually had to be responsible for running anything.
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The new music album is a retread of the band's biggest hits from their earlier years.
Synonyms
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4.1
A new version of a film or song made from an earlier one
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4.0
A book or music album released again, usually without changes
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6.2
A work made from old ideas with only small changes
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3.6
A film, album or book made available again with new content
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7.5
Someone presents a known idea as if it were new
A new version of a story or film made after an earlier version
A new version of a text, film, or recording changed after its first release
Edited again after the original version of a film or song
An idea or work copied from before that feels old and not new
Antonyms
How New
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Retread as a noun also comes from re- 'again' and tread 'to walk the same path', giving a clear image: a film that walks the old story path again. So, a retread is a new version that feels very like the earlier one.