restore

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US /ɹɪˈstoɹ/ UK /ɹɪˈstɔː/ See IPA manual

Freq #6213

Meanings

1

verb
To bring something back to the way it was before.

The police worked to restore order after the riot.
2

verb
To repair something old or damaged so it looks or works like new.

They spent years restoring the old farmhouse.
3

verb
To give something back to its owner.

The museum agreed to restore the stolen paintings to their original owners.
4

verb
To recover data from a backup copy.

After the crash, we restored all our files from the backup.

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Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 verb · to bring something back to... reestablishreinstate

2 verb · to repair something old or... reconstruct mendfix uprecondition

3 verb · to give something back to... give backreturn

Word family

Forms restoredrestorerrestorersrestoresrestoring

Derived forms misrestoreoverrestorererestorerestorabilityrestorablerestoralrestorementunrestore

Simplified etymology

Restore came into Middle English through Old French restorer from Latin restaurare, “rebuild” or “restore.” The Latin verb could also refer to providing food because of its restorative effect, a development that eventually gave rise through French to restaurant.

Etymology

From Middle English restoren, from Old French restorer, from Latin rēstaurāre. By surface analysis, re- + store.

restoren Middle English restorer Old French restauro Latin

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# restore

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** verb
**IPA (US):** /ɹɪˈstoɹ/
**IPA (UK):** /ɹɪˈstɔː/
**Frequency rank:** 6213

## Meanings
1. To bring something back to the way it was before.
2. To repair something old or damaged so it looks or works like new.
3. To give something back to its owner.
4. To recover data from a backup copy.

## Examples
- The police worked to restore order after the riot.
- They spent years restoring the old farmhouse.
- The museum agreed to restore the stolen paintings to their original owners.
- After the crash, we restored all our files from the backup.

## Derived Forms
- misrestore
- overrestore
- rerestore
- restorability
- restorable
- restoral
- restorement
- unrestore

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: restoren
- Root: restorer
- Root: restauro

## Etymology
From Middle English restoren, from Old French restorer, from Latin rēstaurāre. By surface analysis, re- + store.

## AI Etymology
Restore comes from Middle English restoren, from Old French restorer, from Latin rēstaurāre. By surface analysis, re- + store. Modern senses include to bring something back to the way it was before. and to repair something old or damaged so it looks or works like new.. The wider word family includes derivatives such as misrestore, overrestore, rerestore, restorability, restorable, and restoral.

## Topics
- Actions & Processes

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