renovate

C2+ Topic:Architecture & Buildings

US /ˈrɛnəveɪt/ UK /ˈrɛnəveɪt/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

verb
to restore to good condition; refurbish

They plan to renovate the old farmhouse this spring.

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Synonyms

1 verb · to restore to good... restore refurbish remodel renew revamp modernize

Opposites

dilapidateneglect

Word family

Forms renovation

Derived forms renovationrenovator

Related forms innovate novel new

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Simplified etymology

Renovate, recorded from the early 16th century, comes from Latin novus, meaning “new.” Novus is also the source of innovate, novel, and novice, while English new comes from the same root.

Etymology

From Latin renovatus, past participle of renovare ('to renew'), from re- ('again') + novare ('to make new'), from novus ('new').

renovare Latin novare Latin novus Latin

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# renovate

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** verb
**IPA (US):** /ˈrɛnəveɪt/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈrɛnəveɪt/

## Meanings
1. to restore to good condition; refurbish

## Examples
- They plan to renovate the old farmhouse this spring.

## Synonyms
- restore
- refurbish
- remodel
- renew
- revamp
- modernize

## Antonyms
- dilapidate
- neglect

## Derived Forms
- renovation
- renovator

## Related Forms
- innovate
- novel
- new

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: renovare
- Root: novare
- Root: novus

## Etymology
From Latin renovatus, past participle of renovare ('to renew'), from re- ('again') + novare ('to make new'), from novus ('new').

## AI Etymology
Renovate comes from Latin renovatus, past participle of renovare ('to renew'), from re- ('again') + novare ('to make new'), from novus ('new'). The historical chain includes Latin renovare, Latin novare, and Latin novus. The quoted older senses, "to renew", "again", "to make new", and "new", supply the semantic anchors for renovate. The formation is best read as compound, participial, and borrowed: the word renovate carries its older form-history into a compact English lexical shape. In present English it is used as a verb, "to restore to good condition; refurbish". English derivatives include renovation and renovator; related English forms include innovate, novel, and new. The result is a verb whose etymology preserves both the older form and the later English specialization.

## Topics
- Architecture & Buildings
- Actions & Processes
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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