to restore
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3.4
- verb
- /rɪˈstɔr/
:
devolver
- After the storm, volunteers worked together to restore power to the affected neighborhoods.
- restore a lost item
- restore entitlements
- restore oyster habitat
Play it again, Kylie, Restore democracy.
- Play it again, Kylie, Restore democracy.
- And in the story the ring is restored.
- The we find that the Council has been restored.
- He restored temples, he created new ones.
- So we created dark glaucoma, so pressure in the eye of the mice and restored their ability to see.
- A lot of things have gone right, but they're still very powerful forces fighting to restore the old order.
- And there could be no more meaningful work in the world today, which is to restore life on Earth.
- Bring back Christian values, restore them in the UK for goodness sake.
Examples
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I thought our privacy rights had been restored, sir.
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Cetshwayo then went to England and appealed to the Queen to restore his royal status.
Academic text (1999) -
So the first thing to do is to restore the level of aid.
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So how, how are we going to, how are we going to restore faith in the public school system?
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And so I was very interested in what we needed to do to restore trust and rebuild confidence.
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Get those fires out and then try to restore main power to the control room.
Fiction book (1994) -
We all want to see proper devolved government restored in Northern Ireland.
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President Gorbachev has pledged to restore the rule of law in the Soviet Union.
Academic text (1991) -
To the people of Egypt, he proclaims, I am come to restore your rights and punish usurpers.
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You must restore Lancelot to his rightful place as a knight of Camelot.
Synonyms
∞
1.6
Have again something you had before it was lost or taken
∞
1.0
Give something back to its owner or the place it came from
748
2.5
Get back to a normal state after a loss, for example health or money
684
1.0
Return something to the person who owns it after you use or borrow it
449
1.0
Return something to the place where it was before
436
1.7
Return someone or something to the place they came from
275
3.3
To get something back after losing it
226
3.7
To go and get something and bring it back, for example a dog bringing a ball
110
5.8
To return a person or thing to a previous position like a job
107
2.9
To set something back to its original state
77
4.1
To get back something you lost or gave away
37
4.3
To bring back something that stopped or was lost
33
3.9
Build again something that was damaged or destroyed
31
4.6
To take back control of a place after it was lost
9
4.9
To repair and return a building or system to good condition
5
5.5
To get something back after you lose or give it up
3
5.4
To fix something so it works well again
1
8.8
Give back something lost or stolen to its owner
Give back ownership of a property to the previous owner after a loan is paid
Antonyms
795
2.3
To remove something from a place or reduce something important, for example a right
How Returned
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Restore comes from Latin parts re- 'again' and statuere 'to set up', the same root as statue. So to restore something to its owner is to 'set it back' in its original place or return it to the way it was.