recreate

C2+ Topic:Actions & Processes

US /ˌrikriˈeɪt/ UK /ˌriːkriˈeɪt/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

verb
to create again or reproduce; to refresh through enjoyable activity

Animators painstakingly recreate the city as it looked a century ago.

Verb forms

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Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 verb · to create again or... reproduce reconstruct reenact refreshrevitalizeamuse

Opposites

destroy exhaust

Word family

Derived forms recreationrecreatedrecreatingrecreativerecreational

Related forms create creation creature

Etymology

From Latin recreare ('to create anew, renew, refresh'), from re- ('again') + creare ('to create, produce').

re- Latin recreare Latin creare Latin

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Actions & Processes Word Formation & Derivatives

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# recreate

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** verb
**IPA (US):** /ˌrikriˈeɪt/
**IPA (UK):** /ˌriːkriˈeɪt/

## Meanings
1. to create again or reproduce; to refresh through enjoyable activity

## Examples
- Animators painstakingly recreate the city as it looked a century ago.

## Synonyms
- reproduce
- reconstruct
- reenact
- refresh
- revitalize
- amuse

## Antonyms
- destroy
- exhaust

## Derived Forms
- recreation
- recreated
- recreating
- recreative
- recreational

## Related Forms
- create
- creation
- creature

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: re-
- Root: recreare
- Root: creare

## Etymology
From Latin recreare ('to create anew, renew, refresh'), from re- ('again') + creare ('to create, produce').

## AI Etymology
Recreate comes from Latin recreare ('to create anew, renew, refresh'), from re- ('again') + creare ('to create, produce'). The historical chain includes Latin re-, Latin recreare, and Latin creare. Older glosses in the chain include "to create anew, renew, refresh", "again", and "to create, produce", which help explain the semantic range of the modern word. Morphologically, recreate is best read as compound and borrowing, yielding an English verb shaped by both form history and later usage. In current English it functions as a verb, with the sense "to create again or reproduce; to refresh through enjoyable activity". English derivatives include recreation, recreated, recreating, and recreative; related forms include create, creation, and creature. The result is an English verb whose etymology preserves the older forms while supporting the word's specialized modern meaning.

## Topics
- Actions & Processes
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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