reimagine

[ ree-i-maj-in ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb (used with object)

to think about or consider in a new and creative way: Each of the forty short stories reimagines a moment from the original film, but through the eyes of a supporting character.
For decades, Walt Disney would strive to reimagine the typical amusement park as a theme park, an idealized salute to America's past and a nod to an experimental vision for its future.
Each of the forty short stories reimagines a moment from the original film, but through the eyes of a supporting character.
to create or imagine a new lifestyle or identity for (oneself):
It was a song written to help him transform and reimagine himself in the aftermath of his parent's divorce.

First recorded in 1825–30; re- ( def ) + imagine ( def )

The cult of corporatism allows us to reimagine the corporation as our ultimate access point to the infinitude of possibility.

No doubt another Broadway generation will one day find a different, equally exciting way to reimagine this classic.

The students really learn to read, criticize, and reimagine works of history.

And we are defined by a democratic discourse that allows each generation to reimagine and renew our union once more.

He had the foresight to reimagine the American department store.

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