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ren·o·vate

(rĕn′ə-vāt′)

tr.v. ren·o·vat·ed, ren·o·vat·ing, ren·o·vates

1. To return to a condition of newness, as by repairing or remodeling.

2. To impart new vigor to; revive.

[Latin renovāre, renovāt- : re-, re- + novāre, to make new (from novus, new; see newo- in Indo-European roots).]

ren′o·va′tion n.

ren′o·va′tive adj.

ren′o·va′tor n.

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Noun	1.	renovation - the act of improving by renewing and restoring; "they are pursuing a general program of renovation to the entire property"; "a major overhal of the healthcare system was proposed" redevelopment, overhaul improvement - the act of improving something; "their improvements increased the value of the property" face lifting, facelift, face lift - a renovation that improves the outward appearance (as of a building) but usually does not involve major changes; "give your home a facelift"; "more than a facelift, the new model marks a fundamental change of direction"
	2.	renovation - the state of being restored to its former good condition; "the inn was a renovation of a Colonial house" refurbishment, restoration melioration, improvement - a condition superior to an earlier condition; "the new school represents a great improvement"

renovation

noun restoration, repair, overhaul, restoration, renewal, rehabilitation, revamping, refurbishment, doing up (informal), modernization, refitting, fixing up (informal, chiefly U.S. & Canad.), reconditioning a property which needs extensive renovation

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renovation

noun

The act of making new or as if new again:

face-lift, facelifting, refurbishment, rejuvenation, renewal, restoration, revampment.

Translations

تَجْديد، تَصْليح

renovace

fornyelserenovering

Renovierung

ανακαίνιση

renovación

peruskorjausremonttisaneeraus

renouvèlementrénovation

tatarozás

endurnÿjun

rinnovamento

restaurering

bakım onarım tamiratyenile meyenileme

修复整修革新翻新

renovation

[ˌrenəʊˈveɪʃən] N [of house, building] → restauración f

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

renovation

[ˌrɛnəˈveɪʃ^ən] n → rénovation f

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

renovation

n (of building) → Renovierung f, → Renovation f; (of painting, furniture) → Restaurierung f

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

renovation

[ˌrɛnəʊˈveɪʃ/ən] n (see vb) → rimessa a nuovo; (XXX) → restauro

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

renovate

(ˈrenəveit) verb

to make as good as new again. to renovate an old building.

ˈrenovator noun

ˌrenoˈvation noun

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It was Miss Briggs and little Rawdon, whose business it was to see to the inward renovation of Sir Pitt's house, to superintend the female band engaged in stitching the blinds and hangings, to poke and rummage in the drawers and cupboards crammed with the dirty relics and congregated trumperies of a couple of generations of Lady Crawleys, and to take inventories of the china, the glass, and other properties in the closets and store-rooms.

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In regard to the migration of the peoples it does not enter anyone's head today to suppose that the renovation of the European world depended on Attila's caprice.

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It is, that as well after the renovation of the league by Aratus, as before its dissolution by the arts of Macedon, there was infinitely more of moderation and justice in the administration of its government, and less of violence and sedition in the people, than were to be found in any of the cities exercising SINGLY all the prerogatives of sovereignty.

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And all other reform and renovation, I suppose, will prove to be no better than moonshine!"

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Yet it must be admitted that this family formed a very good stock whereon to regraft a name which sadly wanted such renovation.

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On issuing from their place of confinement, the whole party instantly experienced a grateful renovation of spirits, by exchanging the pent air of the hiding-place for the cool and invigorating atmosphere which played around the whirlpools and pitches of the cataract.

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The truth probably was, that Alice Vane's secret for restoring the hues of the picture had merely effected a temporary renovation. But those who, in that brief interval, had beheld the awful visage of Edward Randolph, desired no second glance, and ever afterwards trembled at the recollection of the scene, as if an evil spirit had appeared visibly among them.

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When Henry Allegre gave the house to Rita in the early days (long before he made his will) he had planned a complete renovation and this room had been meant for the drawing-room.

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He could live in "Europe," as he had been in the habit of living, on the product of these flourishing New York leases, and all the better since, that of the second structure, the mere number in its long row, having within a twelvemonth fallen in, renovation at a high advance had proved beautifully possible.

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This necessary renovation was to be violently forced upon them, for in 1066 Duke William of Normandy landed at Pevensey with his army of adventurers and his ill-founded claim to the crown, and before him at Hastings fell the gallant Harold and his nobles.

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As he rubs himself upon a large jack-towel, blowing like a military sort of diver just come up, his hair curling tighter and tighter on his sunburnt temples the more he rubs it so that it looks as if it never could be loosened by any less coercive instrument than an iron rake or a curry-comb--as he rubs, and puffs, and polishes, and blows, turning his head from side to side the more conveniently to excoriate his throat, and standing with his body well bent forward to keep the wet from his martial legs, Phil, on his knees lighting a fire, looks round as if it were enough washing for him to see all that done, and sufficient renovation for one day to take in the superfluous health his master throws off.

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The Parana is full of islands, which undergo a constant round of decay and renovation. In the memory of the master several large ones had disappeared, and others again had been formed and protected by vegetation.