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Definitions: Remake |
RemakeNoun1. Creation that is created again or anew; "it is a remake of an old film". Verb1. Make anew. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "remake" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1596. (references) |
Synonyms: RemakeSynonyms: remaking (n), make over (v), redo (v), refashion (v). (additional references) |
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Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Remake."
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Reproduction | Verb: reproduce; restore; revive, renovate, renew, regenerate, revivify, resuscitate, reanimate; remake, refashion, stir the embers, put into the crucible; multiply, repeat; resurge. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Remake |
| English words defined with "remake": Remade, remaking. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "remake": Electronic Performance Support System. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Remake" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. French (remake), Italian (remake). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | Remake (2003) Kappert 1: Die Briefmarke - Das Remake (1995) Remake (1987) 1988: The Remake (1977) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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Theater & Movies | |||
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| Author | Quotation |
Robert Browning | My business is not to remake myself, but to make the absolute best of what God made. |
Stuart Chase | Sanely applied advertising could remake the world. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| "Remake" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 55.81% of the time. "Remake" is used about 86 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 55.81% | 48 | 49,194 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 31.4% | 27 | 66,962 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 12.79% | 11 | 106,044 |
| Total | 100.00% | 86 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "remake"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | ribërje, ribëj (redo, unmake), xhirim i ri, ndreq (adjust, arrange, change, clear, correct, dispose, dress, fix up, make amends, mend, piece, rectify, redress, refit, reform, reinstate, remedy, repair, revise, spruce up, Square, straighten, tidy up, touch up, tune up), bëj përsëri (reiterate). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | معاد صنعه (remaking), طبعة جديدة, طبعة ثانية, صنع ثانية, شىء معاد الصنع أو مجدد. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | нова версия, преправям (alter, bushel, convert, do over, rebuild, redo, reshape), правя отново. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 重制 (Remade, remaking). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | přetvořit (remodel, transform, transmute), předìlat (alter, change, do over, overdo, re-do), nové zpracování filmu. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | omsætte (recompose, remake up, remodel, reset), ombryde (make into page, remake up, remodel). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | in de vorm omzetten (remake up, remodel). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | refaire (redo, repair). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Neugestaltung (conversion, redevelopment, renewal, renovation, reorganization, replanning, reshaping), Neuauflage (new edition, reissue, reprint). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ξανακάνω (redo), ξαναφτιάχνω (do again, make again, make up), μεταποιώ (alter, remodel). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | מ""ור" מחו"שת. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | újra csinál, átformál (remade, to remake, to resculpture, to reshape, to transmogrify), átalakít (convert, metamorphose, modify, remodel, reshuffle, revamp, to convert, to do up, to make over, to realign, to reblock, to reshape, to reshuffle, to retrofit, to transfigure, to transform, to translate, to transmogrify, to transmute, transform, transmogrify, transmute). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | membuat lagi. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | remake. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | リ ド鋼 (lute, rearcar, remote, remote car, remote control, remote directory, remote sensing, remote switch, rheumatism, rimland, rimmed steel, sledge). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | リメーク . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 개작하십시". (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | jannoo ass y noa (innovate, renew, repeat). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | emakeray refazer (realign, rebuild, recast, reconstruct, rehash, remodel, repeat), reconstruir (realign, rebuild, reconstruct, reedify), voltar a fazer (redo), transformar (convert, make known, metamorphosis, process, queer, reduce, remodel, ruffle, to transform, transform, translate, transmute, turn, turn into), modificação (alteration, converting, deformation, infectious, modification, modify, mute, phase, qualification, reform, reformation, transformation, turn, veering, vicissitude), converter (bring over, change, convert, make into, proselyte, proselytize, reduce, transform), arranjar (accomodate, achieve, acquire, adjust, arrange, calculate, catch, collate, curry, do, do up, dress, fare, figure up, filibeg, find, fix, fix up, get, lay, lay out, make, nib, obtain, order, organize, patch, pick, pick up, pitch, place, prepare, procure, put in order, schedule, settle, size, square up, tidy, titivate, to arrange, trim), alteração (alteration, amendment, change, change over, codicil, corrosion, displacement, disturbance, falsification, gale, gerrymander, modification, permutation, transmutation, trans-shipment, turn, variation). (various references) reface (change, do over, do up, re establish, rebuild, recast, reclaim, recondition, reconstruct, recover, recruit, redress, reform, remodel, repair, restore, retread, retrieve), prelucra (adapt, analyse, analyze, change, discuss, elaborate, enlighten, machine, operate, pick smb.'s brain, process, recast, study, transform, work, work over). (various references) переделывать (adapt, alter, customize, makeover, readjust, recast, recondition, redo, re-do, re-done, rehash, remade, remodel, revamp, rework, turn, unmake). (various references) prepravka (alter, alteration, redecoration), prepraviti (alter, redecorate, redo, remodel, revamp, rework). (various references) rehacer (do over, hash smth. up, redo, re-do, refashion, revamp, rework, rewrite), refundición (adaptation, rearrangement, revision, rewrite), volver a hacer (do over, redo, renew), nueva versión (rewrite). (various references) nyinspelning, göra om (redo, revamp), göra en nyinspelning av. (various references) ทำใหม่ (furbish up, renew), าพยนตร์ที่สร้างใหม่. (various references) yeniden yapmak (rebuild, redo, reiterate), yeniden çevirmek, yeniden çevirme, yeni versiyon, tekrar yapmak (do again, redo). (various references) переробка (adaptation, alteration, elaboration, readjustment, recast, revision), переробляти (adapt, alter, change, do again, furbish up, make over, readjust, recast, re-do, rehash, remodel, revise, rework, transverse, turn over, work over). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "remake": remaker, remakers, remakes. (additional references) | |
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"Remake" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Cempaka, merauke, Rabaka, Ramak, refake, Rehage, remac, Remagen, remane, remate, remek, remock, renac, rigaku, rimac, Rineke, rusalki, rwmac, Sremska, Wemicke. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "remake" (pronounced rē"mā"k) |
| 3 | -m ā" k | make. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-e-k-m-r" | |
-1 letter: ameer, maker, rakee, ramee. | |
-2 letters: akee, kame, make, mare, mark, meek, mere, merk, rake, ream, reek. | |
-3 letters: are, ark, arm, ear, eke, eme, era, ere, kae, kea, mae, mar, ram, ree, rem. | |
-4 letters: ae, am, ar, em, er, ka, ma, me, re. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-e-k-m-r" | |
+1 letter: meerkat, remaker, remakes. | |
+2 letters: bedmaker, brakemen, demarked, diemaker, embarked, icemaker, mackerel, makeover, marketed, marketer, meerkats, reembark, remakers, remarked, remarker, remarket, teamaker, telemark, yarmelke. | |
+3 letters: bedmakers, dekameter, diemakers, dreamlike, earmarked, homemaker, icemakers, mackerels, makeovers, makeready, marketeer, marketers, newmarket, newsmaker, pacemaker, premarket, reembarks, remarkers, remarkets, shoemaker, teamakers, telemarks, winemaker, yarmelkes. | |
+4 letters: dekameters, dekametric, dressmaker, embarkment, gamekeeper, homemakers, markedness, marketable, marketeers, merrymaker, moneymaker, moviemaker, newmarkets, newsmakers, noisemaker, pacemakers, papermaker, peacemaker, platemaker, reembarked, remarkable, remarketed, shoemakers, steelmaker, tastemaker, unremarked, winemakers. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)52 65 6D 61 6B 65 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).-. . -- .- -.- . |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010010 01100101 01101101 01100001 01101011 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)R e m a k e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0052 0065 006D 0061 006B 0065 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)527179677771 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Quotations: Familiar 7. Usage Frequency 8. Expressions: Internet | 9. Translations: Modern 10. Derivations 11. Rhymes 12. Anagrams | 13. Orthography 14. Bibliography |
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