English > renew: 2 senses > verb 1, creation| Meaning | reestablish on a new, usually improved, basis or make new or like new. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
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| Examples | - "We renewed our friendship after a hiatus of twenty years"
- "They renewed their membership"
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| Synonym | regenerate |
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| Narrower | overhaul, modernize, modernise | make repairs, renovations, revisions or adjustments to |
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| refresh, freshen | make (to feel) fresh |
| refurbish, renovate, freshen up | make brighter and prettier |
| regenerate, restore, rejuvenate | Return to life |
| renovate, restitute | restore to a previous or better condition |
| replace | Substitute a person or thing for (another that is broken or inefficient / inefficient or lost or no longer working or yielding what is expected) |
| restore, reconstruct | Return to its original or usable and functioning condition |
| retread, remold, remould | Give new treads to (a tire) |
| revamp | To patch up or renovate |
| revitalize, revitalise | Give new life or vigor to |
| Broader | re-create | create anew |
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| Spanish | renovar |
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| Catalan | renovar |
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| Nouns | renewal | the act of renewing |
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