remake
/ɹiˈmeɪk/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.79 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A new, especially updated, version of a film, video game, etc.
Example Sentences
- "You'll need to remake that cake, as it's completely burned."
- "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, […]."
- "In 1976 and 1977, and the years to follow, as symbolically remade by the Sex Pistols, it was, perhaps, dadaists, lettrists, situationists, and various medieval heretics."
- "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”."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English make English remake From re- + make.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ɹiˈmeɪk/
- British English: /ˌɹiːˈmeɪk/