Meaning

7 senses
  1. (transitive)To reestablish, or bring back into existence.

    to restore harmony among those who are at variance

    He restored my lost faith in him by doing a good deed.

    wiederherstellen, restaurieren

    восстана́вливатьvosstanávlivatʹ, восстанови́тьvosstanovítʹ, реставри́роватьrestavrírovatʹ

    відно́влюватиvidnóvljuvaty, відновля́тиvidnovljáty, віднови́тиvidnovýty

    bring back into original existence, use, function, or position

  2. (transitive)To bring back to good condition from a state of decay or ruin.

    restaurieren

    восстана́вливатьvosstanávlivatʹ, восстанови́тьvosstanovítʹ

    give or bring back

  3. (transitive)To give or bring back (that which has been lost or taken); to bring back to the owner; to replace.

  4. (transitive)To give in place of, or as restitution for.

  5. (transitive)To recover (data, etc.) from a backup.

    There was a crash last night, and we're still restoring the file system.

  6. (transitive)To bring (a note) back to its original signification.

  7. (obsolete)To make good; to make amends for.

Examples

156 sentences
  1. We restore antique furniture.

    Ми реставруємо старовинні меблі.

    ruМы реставрируем старинную мебель.

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  2. You've restored my faith in humanity.

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  3. How can I restore my reputation?

    deWie kann ich meinen Ruf wiederherstellen?

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  4. We hope that this painting can be restored.

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  5. This is a picture of the car that I restored.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
to reestablish, or bring back into existence:
Русский
By meaning 1
to reestablish, or bring back into existence:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to reestablish, or bring back into existence:

Origin

From Middle English restoren, from Old French restorer, from Latin rēstaurāre. By surface

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

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Forms

restores, restoring, restored, restored
Base formrestore · to restore
3rd person singularrestores
Present participlerestoring
Past simplerestored
Past participlerestored

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyrestore
he, she, itrestores

Past simpleLesson

all personsrestored

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave restored
he, she, ithas restored

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill restore

Synonyms

44 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

11 related words

See also

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