restore B1 Topic:Describing Qualities 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. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 verb · to bring something back to... reestablishreinstate 2 verb · to repair something old or... reconstructmendfix uprecondition 3 verb · to give something back to... give backreturn Word family Forms restoredrestorerrestorersrestoresrestoring Derived forms misrestoreoverrestorererestorerestorabilityrestorablerestoralrestorementunrestore Etymology AI details From Middle English restoren, from Old French restorer, from Latin rēstaurāre. By surface analysis, re- + store. restoren Middle English restorer Old French restauro Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Describing Qualities External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # 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 - Describing Qualities markdown