recreate
To give new life, energy or encouragementTo give new life, energy or encouragement (to); to refresh, enliven.
» I want to recreate my future.
Meaning
3 senses(transitive)To give new life, energy or encouragement (to); to refresh, enliven.
(reflexive)To enjoy or entertain oneself.
(intransitive)To take recreation.
Examples
15 sentencesI want to recreate my future.
Traditions help to recreate the home's atmosphere.
Never attempt to recreate the following experiment.
deDas folgende Experiment auf keinen Fall nachmachen! — Waldelfe
She's trying to recreate a sense of home.
It's impossible to recreate the sense of home in London.
Translations
2 languagesOrigin
From Middle English recreate, from the participle stem of Latin recreāre (“to restore”), fFrom Middle English recreate, from the participle stem of Latin recreāre (“to restore”), from re- (“re-”) + creāre (“to create”).
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Forms
recreates, recreating, recreated, recreatedSynonyms
6 synonymsWord family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle