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re-master

re-master is the alternative form of remaster.

Meaning of remaster

Verb

remaster (third-person singular simple present remasters, present participle remastering, simple past and past participle remastered)

  1. To produce a new version of a recording by remixing the original master recordings.
  2. To create a new master copy by enhancing sound or picture quality of an older recording.
  3. To produce a new version of a video game with updated graphics, often re-recorded music, and added features and content.
    • But the remastering shows how nostalgia is driving publishers’ decision making.2020 August 1, Imad Khan, “Like Old Hollywood Movies, Video Games Get a Polish for New Audiences”, in The New York Times

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Forms of re-master

third-person singular presentre-masters
present participlere-mastering
past participlere-mastered
pastre-mastered

Questions about re-master

What is re-master the alternative form of?
Re-master is the alternative form of remaster.

Words near re-master in the dictionary

  1. re-mans
  2. re-mark
  3. re-marked
  4. re-marking
  5. re-marks
  6. re-master
  7. re-mastered
  8. re-mastering
  9. re-masters
  10. re-member
  11. re-membered

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Adapted from Wiktionary: re-master (page history and authors); remaster (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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