remake

C2+ Topic:Film & Television

US /riˈmeɪk/ UK /riːˈmeɪk/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

verb
to make again or anew; a new version of an earlier work

The studio plans to remake the classic horror film.

Verb forms

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Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 verb · to make again or anew; a... rebuild recreate reconstruct revamp redo reproduce

Word family

Derived forms remaker

Related forms make unmake

Etymology

From re- ('again') + make, the latter from Old English macian ('to make, form'), of West Germanic origin.

re- Latin macian Old English *makōną Proto-Germanic

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Topics

Film & Television Actions & Processes

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# remake

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

## Meanings
1. to make again or anew; a new version of an earlier work

## Examples
- The studio plans to remake the classic horror film.

## Synonyms
- rebuild
- recreate
- reconstruct
- revamp
- redo
- reproduce

## Derived Forms
- remaker

## Related Forms
- make
- unmake

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: re-
- Root: macian
- Root: *makōną

## Etymology
From re- ('again') + make, the latter from Old English macian ('to make, form'), of West Germanic origin.

## AI Etymology
Remake comes from re- ('again') + make, the latter from Old English macian ('to make, form'), of West Germanic origin. The historical chain includes Latin re-, Old English macian, and Proto-Germanic *makōną. Older glosses in the chain include "again" and "to make, form", which help explain the semantic range of the modern word. Morphologically, remake is best read as compound and borrowing, yielding an English verb and noun shaped by both form history and later usage. In current English it functions as a verb and noun, with the sense "to make again or anew; a new version of an earlier work". English derivatives include remaker; related forms include make and unmake. The result is an English verb and noun whose etymology preserves the older forms while supporting the word's specialized modern meaning.

## Topics
- Film & Television
- Actions & Processes

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