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renovation

/ɹɛnəˈveɪʃən/

renovation noun: an act, or the process, of renovating.

renovation: an act, or the process, of renovating
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Noun

renovation (countable and uncountable, plural renovations)

  1. An act, or the process, of renovating.
    • Meronyms: (building renovation) demo, demolition, rebuilding
    • Near-synonym: (building renovation) remodeling
    Synonyms:
    reno, remodeling
  2. A regeneration.

renovation meaning in Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada and Tagalog

renovation in Tamil

சீரமைத்தல், சீரமைப்பு, புதுப்பித்தல், புதுப்பிப்பு

renovation in Malayalam

renovation
നവീകരണം navīkaraṇaṁ

renovation in Kannada

ನವೀಕರಣ, ಜೀರ್ಣೋದ್ಧಾರ, ಹೊಸದಾಗಿಸುವಿಕೆ

renovation in Tagalog

act or process of renovating
pagsasaayos, pagkakapag-ayos, pag-renovate
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renovation in Arabic
تَجْدِيد tajdīd, إِحْيَاء ʔiḥyāʔ, تَرْمِيم tarmīm
renovation in Indonesian
renovasi

Examples of renovation in a sentence

  • If we all pitch in, we can raise enough money for the renovation of the church.
  • The confluence of our skills resulted in a successful home renovation project.
  • The architect blueprinted the renovation plan once the client had signed off.

All 32 example sentences with renovation

Synonyms of renovation

Forms of renovation

pluralrenovations

Plural of renovation: renovations

Origin of renovation

From Middle English renovacion, renovacyoun, from Middle French renovation and its etymon, Latin renovātiō. By surface analysis, renovate + -ion.

Words formed from renovation

Words that rhyme with renovation

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Questions about renovation

What does renovation mean?
Renovation means an act, or the process, of renovating.
What is renovation in Tamil?
Renovation in Tamil is சீரமைத்தல், சீரமைப்பு, புதுப்பித்தல். See Renovation meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is renovation?
Renovation is a noun.
How do you pronounce renovation?
Renovation is pronounced /ɹɛnəˈveɪʃən/.
What is the plural of renovation?
The plural of renovation is renovations.

Words near renovation in the dictionary

  1. renovater
  2. renovaters
  3. renovates
  4. renovating
  5. renovatingly
  6. renovation
  7. renovationism
  8. renovationist
  9. renovationists
  10. renovations
  11. renovative

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: renovation (page history and authors); renovation (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); നവീകരണം (Malayalam) (page history and authors); renovation (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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