noun

recreation

The act of making or depicting something again.

The museum presents a recreation of the old workshop.

Etymology

In this sense, re- means again. Recreation repeats an act of making or reconstructs something previously existing, distinct from leisure recreation.

More examples

  • Several recreations showed different periods.
  • She completed a careful recreation.
  • The recreation used original plans.

Forms

recreation · recreations

re-create verb — make or depict again

Similar words

reconstruction
Rebuilds from evidence or remaining parts.
replica
The resulting copy rather than the act of making it.