verb
renovate
REH-noh-vayt
verb
1
To repair and improve an old building or structure to bring it back to good condition.
"They spent a year renovating the old farmhouse."
"The council plans to renovate the town hall next spring."
How to Use Renovate
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishTo fix up and modernise something old, usually a building.
Common pairings
renovate a house
newly renovated
renovate a kitchen
Word Forms
more renovate comparative, renovated past tense, renovates singular, most renovate superlative
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Etymology
From Latin renovare, "to renew," from re- + novare ("to make new").