Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - remake

(remade) 1. 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’. N-COUNT 2. If a film is remade, a new film is made that has the same story, and often the same title, as a film that was made earlier. Originally released in 1957, the film was remade as ‘The Magnificent Seven’. VERB: usu passive, be V-ed 3. 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. VERB: have n V-ed, also V n