Meaning

6 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)Rebuilding or restructuring; large scale repair or renewal; revitalisation.

    The conversion of so many old industrial buildings into living quarters was a major factor in the regeneration.

  2. (countable, uncountable)Spiritual rebirth; the change from a carnal or material life to a pious one

  3. (countable, uncountable)The renewal of the world at the second coming of Christ.

  4. (countable, uncountable)The process by which a water softener flushes out minerals extracted from the water supply.

  5. (countable, uncountable)The ability to rapidly heal substantial physical damage to one's body, or to spontaneously restore hit points.

    2003, Bastion Press, E. W. Morton, Out for Blood Regeneration does not restore hit points lost from starvation, thirst, or suffocation.

  6. (countable, uncountable)The property of a kind of circuit, much used in radio receivers, that allows an electronic signal to be amplified many times through a feedback loop.

More definitions
  • the activity of spiritual or physical renewal
  • (biology) growth anew of lost tissue or destroyed parts or organs
  • forming again (especially with improvements or removal of defects); renewing and reconstituting
  • feedback in phase with (augmenting) the input

Examples

2 sentences
  1. Spring is a time of rebirth and regeneration.

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  2. Researchers are discovering clues at the cellular level that indicate human regeneration of lost body parts could be possible someday.

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Translations

2 languages

Origin

From re- + generation or regenerate + -ion, from Latin regenerātiō.

From re- + generation or regenerate + -ion, from Latin regenerātiō.

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Forms

plural: regenerations
Singularregeneration
Pluralregenerations

regular

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • forming again (especially with improvements or removal of defects); renewing and reconstituting:re-formation
  • feedback in phase with (augmenting) the input:positive feedback

Word family

14 related words

See also

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