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# renovate

verb (renovate, renovates, renovated, renovating)

«renovate» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To renovate a building is to repair it and make it look new and in good condition again. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/renovate/#m1)
2. To renovate something old, like furniture, is to fix it up. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/renovate/#m2)
3. A renovated person can be someone restored to a former position or power. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/renovate/#m3)

### In the lessons

In everyday life families renovate kitchens and old houses; councils renovate parks and schools. In maths problems: cost of renovating, area of floor to tile. Phrases: «renovate a house», «newly renovated», «under renovation».

### Examples

- They renovated the old farmhouse. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/renovate/#x1)
- The swimming pool is closed while it is renovated. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/renovate/#x2)
- Grandpa renovated an old rocking chair. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/renovate/#x3)
- The newly renovated library has comfy beanbags. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/renovate/#x4)
- It cost $5,000 to renovate the kitchen. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/renovate/#x5)
- The council plans to renovate the playground. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/renovate/#x6)
- He is then killed by his insidious adviser, who usurps his throne, pretending to be the renovated monarch. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/renovate/#x7)

### Note

Noun: renovation. Renovate = fix up and improve what is there; «reconstruct» = rebuild; «redecorate» = paint and paper.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «renovate» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/renovate/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«renovate» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/renovate.html) on Mova free.