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revitalize

/ɹiːˈvaɪt(ə)laɪz/US/ɹiˈvaɪt(ə)ˌlaɪz/

revitalize verb: american and Oxford British English standard spelling of revitalise.

Verb

revitalize (third-person singular simple present revitalizes, present participle revitalizing, simple past and past participle revitalized)

  1. American and Oxford British English standard spelling of revitalise.
    • Cumaratunga was so furious that he intensified his campaign for revitalizing the traditional practices of asweddumization, so that neglected arable land could be rehabilitated, and a degenerating economy restructured and rejuvenated.1992, Alavattāgoḍa Pēmadāsa, Cumaratunga, the Unknown: Hidden Facets of His Scientific Profile, page 115
    • Also, the city government’s Department of Urban Development proposed various redevelopment projects that showed concern for the preservation of traditional landscape and historical architecture. For example, two old and historically significant districts of Taipei city (Tihua Street and the Tatung...2002, Hsin-Huang Micahel Hsiao, Hwa-Jen Liu, “Collective Action toward a Sustainable City: Citizens' Movements and Environmental Politics in Taipei”, in Peter Evans, editor, Livable Cities? Urban...

revitalize meaning in Bengali and Malayalam

revitalize in Bengali

পুনরায় সজীব, শক্তিশালী করা

revitalize in Malayalam

reenergize, reinvigorate, boost
പുതുജീവൻ നല്കുക, നവോന്മേഷം വളർത്തുക, പുത്തനുണർവു നൽകുക, പുനർജ്ജീവിപ്പിക്കുക, ഉജ്ജീവിപ്പിക്കുക, ഉയിർപ്പിക്കുക

Examples of revitalize in a sentence

  • For example, two old and historically significant districts of Taipei city (Tihua Street and the Tatung District) are expected to be economically revitalized and to attract cultural tourism.2002, Hsin-Huang Micahel Hsiao, Hwa-Jen Liu, “Collective Action toward a Sustainable City: Citizens' Movements and Environmental Politics...
  • The right rallying call is for a “Green New Deal.” The New Deal was not built on a magic bullet, but on a broad range of programs and industrial projects to revitalize America.2007 January 19, Thomas L. Friedman, “A Warning From the Garden”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 27 Jul 2019:
  • In 1975, China was emerging from the Cultural Revolution, its government’s effort to purify and revitalize society.2010, George W. Bush, Decision Points, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, pages 22–23:
  • The presence of these languages and their speakers continually revitalizes the profound social experiment that is America.2024 March 10, Ross Perlin, “America Has No Official Language. Instead It Has Hundreds.”, in The New York Times, archived from the original...

All 16 example sentences with revitalize

Forms of revitalize

third-person singular presentrevitalizes
present participlerevitalizing
past participlerevitalized
pastrevitalized
alternative formrevitalise

Past tense of revitalize: revitalized

Origin of revitalize

From re- + vital + -ize.

Words formed from revitalize

Questions about revitalize

What does revitalize mean?
Revitalize means american and Oxford British English standard spelling of revitalise.
What is revitalize in Bengali?
Revitalize in Bengali is পুনরায় সজীব, শক্তিশালী করা. See Revitalize meaning in Bengali.
How do you use revitalize in a sentence?
For example, two old and historically significant districts of Taipei city (Tihua Street and the Tatung District) are expected to be economically revitalized and to attract cultural tourism.
What part of speech is revitalize?
Revitalize is a verb.
How do you pronounce revitalize?
Revitalize is pronounced /ɹiːˈvaɪt(ə)laɪz/ (UK).
What is the past tense of revitalize?
The past tense of revitalize is revitalized.

Words near revitalize in the dictionary

  1. revitalizable
  2. revitalizant
  3. revitalizants
  4. revitalization
  5. revitalizations
  6. revitalize
  7. revitalized
  8. revitalizer
  9. revitalizers
  10. revitalizes
  11. revitalizing

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: revitalize (page history and authors); revitalize (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); revitalize (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). 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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