Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular presenttense remakes, present participle remaking, past tense, past participle remadepronunciation note: The noun is pronounced (riːmeɪk). The verb is pronounced (riːmeɪk).
1. countable noun
A remake is a film that has the same story, and often the same title, as a film that was made earlier.
...a 1953 remake of the thirties musical 'Roberta'. [+ of]
2. verb [usually passive]
If a film is remade, a new film is made that has the same story, and often the same title, as a filmthat was made earlier.
Kurosawa's Seven Samurai cried out to be remade as a western (hence The MagnificentSeven). [beVERB-ed]
3. verb
If you have something remade, you ask someone to make it again, especially in a way that is better than before.
He had all the window frames in the room remade. [have noun VERB-ed]
[Also VERB noun]
remake in British English
noun (ˈriːˌmeɪk)
1.
something that is made again, esp a new version of an old film
2.
the act of making again or anew
verb (riːˈmeɪk)Word forms: -makes, -making or -made
3. (transitive)
to make again or anew
remake in American English
(riˈmeɪk; for n. ˈriˌmeɪk)
verb transitiveWord forms: reˈmade or reˈmaking
1.
to make again or anew
noun
2.
the act of remaking
3.
something remade, as a film
Examples of 'remake' in a sentence
remake
Why do you think this story keeps getting remade?
Christianity Today (2000)
The film has been remade twice.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Now it's been remade into a film.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
But then the 1968 film remake is full of great stories.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Also, noting that the films being remade are the films of my youth.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
This remake of the classic British comedy is a delight.
The Sun (2014)
The old show is still a pull for tourists but for some reason they wanted to film the remake in Namibia.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
In other languages
remake
British English: remake /ˈriːˌmeɪk/ NOUN
A remake is a film that has the same story, and often the same title, as a film that was made earlier.