home renovation
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3.4
- noun
- /hoʊm ˌrɛnəˈveɪʃən/
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renovación del hogar
- They decided to undertake a home renovation to update their kitchen and make it more functional.
- home renovation project
And with that gift for me, I've decided to give them this home renovation for them just to show my appreciation and gratitude.
- And with that gift for me, I've decided to give them this home renovation for them just to show my appreciation and gratitude.
Examples
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Among those gifts was $250,000 in home renovations that Allen said the company paid for, according to prosecutors.
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Lead can be found in the dust from older home renovations, and it is scary how little of this dust can give a child lead poisoning.
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If you are doing any kind of home renovation, you need to research lead.
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Long term, I want to have enough for a down payment or massive home renovation of our current home.
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Without knowing anything about home renovations, would you feel comfortable taking all those tools and starting to work on your bathroom?
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This is not a style blog, but a home renovation blog.
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See to it that you only borrow the amount you need for home renovation and that you can afford your monthly loan payments.
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Inevitably, furnishings are a crucial part of the home; therefore, it will also be a significant part of home renovation.
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They do home renovations, and their payroll takes up a third of their costs, and then the admin to handle it.
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The drastic rise in home renovations over the last decade highlights both the extent to which the television shows influenced the desire of their viewers to renovate and the extent to which adults look to television and media for ideas and identity.
Academic text (2005)
Synonyms
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3.1
Work to repair and improve a building so it looks like new
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3.2
A complete change to a room, building, or brand to look newer
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3.7
Work to fix a building or area to make it usable
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4.4
Improvements that make a building or product look newer without big changes
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3.7
Cleaning, fixing, and improving a building or room so it is in good condition again
How Extensive
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'the process of making improvements to a home' is directly and transparently composed from 'home' (residence) + 'renovation' (act of improving/restoring). This compound follows a straightforward noun + noun pattern found across many languages and will be immediately understandable to a B1 learner who knows both constituents.
Etymology
Home renovation comes from the simple idea of making a home look and feel new again: renovation means fixing and renewing parts of a house. So, home renovation means 'to update or improve a house'.