remaking

«remaking» in Mova's school dictionary: Making something again, or making it in a new or better… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb, -ing form of remake (remake, remakes, remade, remaking); noun (a remake)

meaning for a pupil

1) Making something again, or making it in a new or better way: remaking a bed, remaking a model. tree →

2) Making a new version of an old film, song or game. tree →

sense in the lessons

In school craft and design, pupils keep remaking a model until it works — testing and improving. In everyday life: remaking the bed, remaking a cake that failed. In films, studios are remaking old stories. In maths, «remaking» a shape with the same pieces (tangrams) shows area stays the same. Phrases: «remaking a film», «remaking the bed», «remaking the shape».

examples

• We are remaking our bridge because the first one fell down. tree →
• The studio is remaking a famous old film. tree →
• Remaking the square into a triangle used the same 7 pieces. tree →
• She is remaking the cake with less sugar. tree →
• Remaking the bed every morning takes a minute. tree →
• They are remaking the game with better graphics. tree →

note

Irregular like «make»: remake, remade, remade. Noun: a remake (a new version of a film). Prefix «re-» = again.

In the corpora

• "Nation-building" means occupying a country (moving in with soldiers and taking control) and remaking its government.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «remaking» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.