to renovate
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3.8
- verb
- /ˈrɛnəˌveɪt/
:
renovar
- Historic preservation groups are actively trying to save and renovate residential architecture in these areas.
- renovate a building
- newly renovated
- completely renovated
Burst strategy stands for buy, renovate, rent, refinance and repeat.
- Burst strategy stands for buy, renovate, rent, refinance and repeat.
- I won a contest writing about our newly renovated cafeteria.
- So my next step is to do some research on how to renovate old fachlag houses.
- And what they didn't account for is they spent months renovating all the sellers location.
- We helped renovate the building and decorate it.
- So if you're new here, we've spent nearly four years renovating this house.
- So we recently moved out of our old house, which we renovated top to bottom.
- But most buyers in this price range obviously want a renovated home.
- So I, I was able to get lots of deals, renovate them, flip them and generate cash.
- We're now buying houses, renovating them, selling, refinancing them, doing whatever.
- Especially since you might even have to petition all of your neighbors and get them to allow you to renovate or convert the property.
Examples
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There was a desire from the mayor to renovate all this place and the project fitted very well.
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The group asked me to completely renovate this wing, without closing the hotel.
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"We submitted a proposal to lease and renovate the site, and it was accepted."
Academic text (1995) -
We helped renovate the building and decorate it.
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So we recently moved out of our old house, which we renovated top to bottom.
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The owner completely renovated and refurbished the entire unit with all the latest and greatest amenities.
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The city spends around $300,000 annually to build new community gardens or renovate old ones.
Academic text (2013) -
The existing Science Center building is being renovated and will be reopened in spring 1992.
Academic text (1991) -
At the farthest side of the campus stood the renovated music building.
Fiction book (2001) -
The family decided to renovate their kitchen to create a more modern and functional space.
Synonyms
45
4.8
To give new life and energy to something
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4.9
To change something to make it look or work better
35
4.6
To check and fix or change something completely to make it work better
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4.6
To make something clean and like new by fixing or decorating it
25
4.7
To make land or buildings useful again by fixing them
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3.4
Change parts of a room or building to make it look new
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4.9
To repair and return a building or system to good condition
8
4.7
To change how land is used, often replacing old buildings with new ones
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5.3
To make someone or something feel fresh and full of energy
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5.5
Bring something back to a better or original state
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3.0
Make a room look cleaner and nicer with small changes
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5.4
To fix something so it works well again
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3.7
To fix a building or object so it is usable again
Make a room or building better by fixing and changing it
To make something old look new by fixing or cleaning it
Antonyms
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8.4
To fall into ruin or cause something to fall into ruin because it is not cared for
How Renovated
Surface Forms
Morphology
renovate = novate (semi-transparent) = re + nov + ate
The verb composition literally means 'make new again' (re- + nov + -ate), but the base 'nov/novate' is not a familiar standalone element to most learners, so the relation is only partly transparent.
Etymology
Renovate comes from the Latin parts re- 'again' and novare 'make new', so it means 'make new again'. That's why to renovate a house is to repair and improve it so it looks new.