Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A forming anew; a new creation or formation.
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- noun Alternative form of
recreation (the process of recreating or the result of this process).
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the act of creating again
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Examples
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The set and headquarters encompassed sixty acres in all, and Time magazine called the re-creation of the Gates of Rameses the biggest piece of Egyptian construction since the Suez Canal.
Empire of Dreams Scott Eyman 2010
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Nowhere has the conservative assault on the Constitution and the effect of the conservative justices on the Supreme Court been more apparent or more important than in its re-creation of separate and unequal schools.
The Conservative Assault on the Constitution Erwin Chemerinsky 2010
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What I could see was a re-creation of the previous floors.
Arcane Circle Linda Robertson 2011
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He broke off a piece of kreyla and dipped it into the broth, again satisfied with the re-creation of the Vulcan food.
Star Trek: Typhon Pact: Rough Beasts of Empire David R. George III 2011
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Natasha Reichle, who curated the exhibition, and Deborah Clearwaters, who organized the public programs, deserve high praise for this re-creation of a complex culture.
Island Art, and All That Comes With It David Littlejohn 2011
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Thus I decided to invest in the re-creation of Mexico Connect into a dynamic database driven site that could hold its own in the Web 2.0 age.
How long has MexConnect been around . . . what is the history of Mexconnect? Who started Mexconnect? 2009
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Mr. Puissant's decor suggested that the stage's "lanes" of floor covering had become dramatically buckled upstage, while the sleekly outfitted dancers in his trim but arbitrarily detailed costumes acted like so many cogs in what appeared to be Mr. Wheeldon's 21st-century re-creation of early 20th-century machine dances.
With Little to Cheer Besides Balanchine Robert Greskovic 2012
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In the first years of the re-creation of Russia, like many of our friends, we fought for the democratization of the country, although we made many mistakes. . .
Khodorkovsky Heads Back to Siberia Anne Jolis 2011
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This week, BAM is presenting a re-creation of the "Atys" production because the American philanthropist Ronald P. Stanton loved the show when he saw it in Paris in 1987, longed to see it again, and offered to pay for the privilege.
The Sad Tale It Tells Is Myth; Its Joys, Real Heidi Waleson 2011
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What I could see was a re-creation of the previous floors.
Arcane Circle Linda Robertson 2011
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