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re-create

re-create verb: to create again; to create anew.

Verb

re-create (third-person singular simple present re-creates, present participle re-creating, simple past and past participle re-created)

  1. (transitive) To create again; to create anew.
    • We write, write a song of love / Sounds, they never dissipate / They only re-create / To another place in time1977, Earth, Wind & Fire, “I'll Write a Song For You”, in All 'n All
    • The detail of the investigation into every aspect of this incident, including repeated re-created test runs - is a classic example of these superb reports.2019 December 18, Nigel Harris, “180 years of tragedy and progress”, in Rail, page 59

Forms of re-create

third-person singular presentre-creates
present participlere-creating
past participlere-created
pastre-created
alternative formrecreate

Words formed from re-create

Questions about re-create

What does re-create mean?
Re-create means to create again; to create anew.
What part of speech is re-create?
Re-create is a verb.
What is the past tense of re-create?
The past tense of re-create is re-created.

Words near re-create in the dictionary

  1. re-covered
  2. re-covering
  3. re-coverings
  4. re-covers
  5. re-creatable
  6. re-create
  7. re-created
  8. re-creates
  9. re-creating
  10. re-creation
  11. re-creations

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