Definition

1. Verb:
   • To form anew in the imagination; to recollect and re-form in the mind: To mentally reconstruct or vividly imagine something from memory or description.
   • To make a replica or copy of something: To produce a new version or reproduction of an existing object, artwork, or situation.
   • To create something anew, often in a different form or context: To bring something back into existence or to produce a fresh, often similar, instance of something.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • An author can re-create the atmosphere of a historical period in a novel.
  • The museum used advanced technology to re-create the ancient artifact for the exhibit.
  • We tried to re-create the recipe from memory, but it wasn't quite the same.

Advanced Usage

• "to re-create oneself": To fundamentally change or reinvent one's character, life, or career.
  • After his travels, he felt he had completely re-created himself.

Variants and Related Words

• Re-creation (noun): The act or process of re-creating something.
  • The re-creation of the battle was very realistic.
• Re-creative (adjective): Having the power or quality to re-create.
  • The re-creative process was both challenging and rewarding.

Synonyms

• Reconstruct: To build or form again.
• Reproduce: To make a copy or duplicate of.
• Imitate: To follow as a pattern, model, or example.
• Revive: To bring back to life, consciousness, or activity.

Phrasal Verbs

(This word does not commonly form phrasal verbs.)

Related Idioms

(There are no common idioms specifically using the exact word "re-create".)

Verb

1. form anew in the imagination; recollect and re-form in the mind
   • His mind re-creates the entire world
2. make a replica of
   • copy that drawing
   • re-create a picture by Rembrandt
3. create anew
   • Re-create the boom of the West on a small scale