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renewal

renewal noun: the act of renewing.

Noun

renewal (countable and uncountable, plural renewals)

  1. The act of renewing.
    • The renewal of track by cranes and special tracklaying machines which lift out entire 60 ft. lengths of old track and lay in pre-assembled 60 ft. lengths of new, allows the process of renewal to proceed at a considerably faster rate than possible by older methods.1953 September, “Restoring British Permanent Way to Prewar Standards”, in Railway Magazine, page 587
  2. An offensive action made immediately after a parried one.

renewal meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam

renewal in Tamil

புதுப்பித்தல், புதுப்பிப்பு

renewal in Urdu

تجدید

renewal in Bengali

নবীকরণ, পুনরায় নবীকরণ, নবীভবন, নবজীবনপ্রদান, পুনরাবৃত্তি, পুনরূদ্ধার

renewal in Malayalam

act of renewing
പുതുക്കൽ putukkal
More languagesFewer languages
renewal in Kannada
ಮುಂದುವರಿಕೆ, ಹೊಸದಾಗಿಕೆ, ನವೀಕರಣ, ಹೊಸದಾಗಿಸುವುದು
renewal in Arabic
تَجْدِيد tajdīd
renewal in Persian
تجدید tajdid, نوگان nowgân

Examples of renewal in a sentence

  • The tax increase legislation included a sunset clause requiring renewal to prevent the tax increase from expiring.
  • Renewal theory may be used to calculate the best strategy for replacing worn-out machinery, or to compare the long-term benefits of different insurance policies.
  • Akers claims that ETCS signalling renewals are roughly 50% of the cost of conventional renewals.

All 38 example sentences with renewal

Synonyms of renewal

Forms of renewal

pluralrenewals

Plural of renewal: renewals

Origin of renewal

From renew + -al.

Words formed from renewal

Phrases with renewal

Questions about renewal

What does renewal mean?
Renewal means the act of renewing.
What is renewal in Tamil?
Renewal in Tamil is புதுப்பித்தல், புதுப்பிப்பு. See Renewal meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is renewal?
Renewal is a noun.
What is the plural of renewal?
The plural of renewal is renewals.

Words near renewal in the dictionary

  1. renewable energies
  2. renewable energy
  3. renewableness
  4. renewables
  5. renewably
  6. renewal
  7. Renewal Sunday
  8. Renewal Sundays
  9. renewal theory
  10. renewalism
  11. renewalist

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: renewal (page history and authors); renewal (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); renewal (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); renewal (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); renewal (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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