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remastered

remastered is the simple past and past participle 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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Adjective

remastered (not comparable)

  1. Produced by remastering.
    • The stereo mixes of these songs are often less hard hitting than the mono singles were, but the remastered versions, with their enriched bass, palpable drum sound and improved sense of vocal presence, no longer sound anemic.2009 September 2, Allan Kozinn, “Long and Winding Road, Newly Repaved”, in The New York Times

Words formed from remastered

Questions about remastered

What does remastered mean?
Remastered means produced by remastering.
What is remastered the simple past and past participle of?
Remastered is the simple past and past participle of remaster.
What part of speech is remastered?
Remastered is an adjective.

Words near remastered in the dictionary

  1. remasses
  2. remassing
  3. remast
  4. remasted
  5. remaster
  6. remastered
  7. remasterer
  8. remasterers
  9. remastering
  10. remasterings
  11. remasters

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Adapted from Wiktionary: remastered (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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