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.