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to reno

to reno

7.5
Make a room or building better by fixing and changing it
  • verb
  • /ˈrɛn.oʊ/
  • Informal
translation icon : renovar
  • We decided to reno our kitchen by modernizing the appliances and adding new countertops.

What if I renovate the units and I can increase the rents?

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Examples

  • On that topic, yeah, we are trying to help John renovate his house.

  • They would purchase new buildings and renovate them to the inch of their lives with marble floors and beautiful appointments and everything.

    Danny Jones

  • And she is basically renovating her childhood home.

  • And also my upstairs neighbors are renovating their home.

  • We bought it last year and we've been renovating it the last year.

  • What if I renovate the units and I can increase the rents?

    Ken McElroy

  • They're starting to renovate our set finally.

  • They would just take old factories and renovate them and turn them into massive grow houses.

    Anything Goes With James English

  • So he gave the money to renovate the library, naming it in honor of my grandmother morning K Lewis's wife.

  • So yeah, I've just been busy renovating my house, but I'm going to get back to the vlogging real soon.

    Magnus Midtbø

Synonyms

to renovate
vsto reno
76 3.8

To repair and improve a building or room so it looks new again

is the same action expressed as the entry term
to revamp
vsto reno
41 4.9

To change something to make it look or work better

focuses on general repair and simple improvement rather than redesign
to overhaul
vsto reno
35 4.6

To check and fix or change something completely to make it work better

covers repairs but is less about deep, comprehensive updating
to refurbish
vsto reno
31 4.6

To make something clean and like new by fixing or decorating it

includes structural repairs and wider improvements beyond decoration
to redo
vsto reno
19 3.4

Change parts of a room or building to make it look new

covers broader repairs and improvements, not only partial remakes
to furbish up
vsto reno
  • Archaic
6.2

To make something old look new by fixing or cleaning it

aims at repairs and improvements beyond just surface appearance

Antonyms

to dilapidate
1 8.4

To fall into ruin or cause something to fall into ruin because it is not cared for

How Renovated

to rebuild
485 2.8
to remodel
35 3.7
to reno
  • Informal
7.5
to refurbish
31 4.6
to patch up
20 3.4
to touch up
8 3.8

Surface Forms

reno infinitive
renovated past
renovated past participle
renovating present participle
renos third person singular

Etymology

Reno is a short form of renovate, which comes from the Latin root nov- meaning 'new', like in novel. So to reno a room is to make it 'new' again by fixing or improving it.