Meaning & use

Recreated

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Made or reproduced something again, typically to resemble an original.

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The museum recreated the artist's studio exactly as it looked at the time of his death.

Engineers recreated the accident conditions in a controlled lab environment.

A note on using this word

Can also mean 'refreshed or entertained oneself,' an older sense preserved in the noun 'recreation.'

Words with a similar meaning

reproducedreenacted

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Words with an opposite meaning

destroyed

Another way to use it

2. verb

Refreshed or entertained oneself, especially through leisure activity.

The workers recreated themselves with a game of cards after the long shift.

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