Remake

How to spell remake

6 letters · 2 syllables

How to pronounce remake

Say the part in capitals loudest.

What does remake mean?

1. verbTo make something again or produce a new version of it.
2. nounA new version of an earlier film, song, or product.

Remake in a sentence

• verb

  The tailor offered to remake the jacket in a larger size.

• noun

  The remake of the horror film earned more than the original.

• verb

  The studio decided to remake the classic thriller for a modern audience.

• noun

  Critics agreed the remake lacked the charm of the 1970s version.

Where does remake come from?

Language of origin: Germanic

This is a transparent English compound built from the prefix re-, meaning 'again' or 'back', and the native verb 'make', which descends from the Old English macian, meaning 'to bring into being, to construct or shape'. The prefix re- itself comes from Latin, where it carried the sense of repetition or return, and English absorbed it so thoroughly that it now attaches freely to native words like this one. As a verb, 'remake' simply means to make something a second time, and it has been used in that plain sense for centuries. The noun, meaning a fresh version of an existing film or song, is much more recent, rising with the entertainment industry of the twentieth century. Because both parts are common everyday words, the spelling holds no real surprises; the only thing to watch is keeping it as one solid word rather than splitting it.

How the word is built

• re- (again)
• make (to create or produce)