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renovate

Syllables: re·no·vateUK/ˈɹɛn.nə(ʊ).veɪt//ˈɹɛn.ə.veɪt/

renovate verb: to renew; to revamp something to make it look new again.

Verb

renovate (third-person singular simple present renovates, present participle renovating, simple past and past participle renovated)

  1. (transitive) To renew; to revamp something to make it look new again.
    • This house is shabby: it needs renovating.
    Synonyms:
    vamp up
  2. (transitive) To restore to freshness or vigor.
    • All shall relent
      Who hear me—tears as mine have flowed, shall flow,
      Hearts beat as mine now beats, with such intent
      As renovates the world; a will omnipotent! […]
      And power shall then abound, and hope arise once more.1817 December, Percy Bysshe Shelley, “The Revolt of Islam. […]”, in [Mary] Shelley, editor, The Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley. […], volume I, London: Edward Moxon […], published 1839, →OCLC...

Adjective

renovate (comparative more renovate, superlative most renovate)

  1. (obsolete) renovated

renovate meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam

renovate in Tamil

புணருத்தாரணம், மேம்படுத்து, சீர்செய்

renovate in Urdu

دوبارہ جنم دینا, تجدید کرنا

renovate in Bengali

সংস্কার করা

renovate in Malayalam

to renew; to revamp
നവീകരിക്കുക navīkarikkuka
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renovate in Kannada
ಪೊಸಯಿಸು, ಹೊಸದಾಗಿಸು, ಮೊದಲಿನ ಸ್ಥಿತಿಗೆ ತರು, ಜೀರ್ಣೋದ್ಧಾರ ಮಾಡು
renovate in Tagalog
isaayos
renovate in Vietnamese
tu sửa

Examples of renovate in a sentence

  • For the entire last summer they were carrying out their plan to renovate the living room.
  • Before we start renovating, we'll need to mud out the whole building.
  • To be is to self-create, renovate, and endure.

All 24 example sentences with renovate

Synonyms of renovate

Forms of renovate

Verb
third-person singular presentrenovates
present participlerenovating
past participlerenovated
pastrenovated
Adjective
comparativemore renovate
superlativemost renovate

Past tense of renovate: renovated

Origin of renovate

The adjective first attested in 1440, the verb in 1535; from Middle English renovat(e) (“renewed”), from Latin renovātus, perfect passive participle of renovō (“to renew”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Participial usage up until Early Modern English.

Words formed from renovate

Questions about renovate

What does renovate mean?
Renovate means to renew; to revamp something to make it look new again.
What is renovate in Tamil?
Renovate in Tamil is புணருத்தாரணம், மேம்படுத்து, சீர்செய். See Renovate meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is renovate?
Renovate can be a verb or an adjective.
How do you pronounce renovate?
Renovate is pronounced /ˈɹɛn.nə(ʊ).veɪt/ (UK).
What is the past tense of renovate?
The past tense of renovate is renovated.

Words near renovate in the dictionary

  1. renourishing
  2. renourishment
  3. renourishments
  4. Renouvierian
  5. renovascular
  6. renovate
  7. renovated
  8. renovated butter
  9. renovated butters
  10. renovater
  11. renovaters

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: renovate (page history and authors); renovate (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); renovate (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); renovate (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); renovate (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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