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remake

Syllables: re·make/ˌɹiːˈmeɪk//ɹiˈmeɪk/

remake verb: to make again.

Verb

remake (third-person singular simple present remakes, present participle remaking, simple past and past participle remade)

  1. (transitive) To make again.
    • You'll need to remake that cake, as it's completely burned.
    Synonyms:
    re-create, redo
  2. (transitive) To make a new, especially updated, version of (a film, video game, etc.).
    • The director wanted to remake some of his favourite films from the Golden Age of Hollywood.
    • Fritz Lang in Hollywood has remade the French "La Bête Humaine" story, setting the drama, a little coldly, among the great hooting diesels of the Middle West routes, […].1958 February, David Gunston, “Railways on the Screen”, in Railway Magazine, page 90

Noun

UK/ˈɹiːmeɪk/US/ˈɹiˌmeɪk/

remake (plural remakes)

  1. A new version of something.
    Synonyms:
    reboot, re-creation
  2. A new, especially updated, version of a film, video game, etc.
    • I haven't seen the original film, but the remake was great.
    • The thing I like most about the Total Recall remake is the—I have to presume ironic—name of its production company. The first words that appear on screen are “Original Film”.2012 August 24, John Patterson, “Total Recall—a remake to forget”, in The Guardian

remake meaning in Tamil, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali

remake in Tamil

மீண்டும் உருவாக்கு, மறு ஆக்கம்

remake in Marathi

new version of film
रीमेक rīmek

remake in Urdu

ریمیک کرنا

remake in Bengali

আবার তৈরি করা, কোনো চলচ্চিত্র, ভিডিও গেম ইত্যাদির নতুন, কোনো কিছুর নতুন সংস্করণ
More languagesFewer languages
remake in Telugu
రీమేక్కు
remake in Malayalam
റീമേക്ക് ചെയ്യാൻ
remake in Kannada
ಮತ್ತೆ ತಯಾರಿಸು, ಬೇರೆ ರೀತಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಪುನಃ ತಯಾರಿಸು, ಪುನರುತ್ಪಾದಿಸು

Examples of remake in a sentence

  • You must remake your bed, as per the inspector.
  • The film is also being remade in Gorap.
  • The film is also being remade in Makassar Indonesian.

All 40 example sentences with remake

Synonyms of remake

Forms of remake

Verb
third-person singular presentremakes
present participleremaking
past participleremade
pastremade
Noun
pluralremakes

Past tense of remake: remade

Plural of remake: remakes

Origin of remake

From re- + make.

Words formed from remake

Words that rhyme with remake

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Questions about remake

What does remake mean?
Remake means to make again.
What is remake in Tamil?
Remake in Tamil is மீண்டும் உருவாக்கு, மறு ஆக்கம். See Remake meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is remake?
Remake can be a verb or a noun.
How do you pronounce remake?
Remake is pronounced /ˌɹiːˈmeɪk/ (UK).
What is the past tense of remake?
The past tense of remake is remade.

Words near remake in the dictionary

  1. remains
  2. remains to be seen
  3. Remak fiber
  4. Remak fibers
  5. remakable
  6. remake
  7. remakeable
  8. remaker
  9. remakers
  10. remakes
  11. remaking

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: remake (page history and authors); remake (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); remake (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); remake (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); remake (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); remake (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); remake (Kannada Wiktionary) (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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