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restore English

Meaning restore meaning

What does restore mean?
Definitions in simple English

restore Verb

— If you restore a state, feeling, or ability that has been lost, you make that possible or normal again. Police were sent to restore order after an attack on May 4. The government attempted to restore confidence by announcing tougher laws. With a simple operation, doctors were able to restore his hearing. — If you restore something, you make it go back to the way it was. The school is restoring the buildings that were damaged in the fire. Art experts are working to restore the painting to its original condition. — If you restore something, you put or give it back. The lost child was restored to her parents by police. Management has restored the extra vacation time.

restore

— verb return to its original or usable and functioning condition restore the forest to its original pristine condition — verb return to life; get or give new life or energy The week at the spa restored me — verb give or bring back Restore the stolen painting to its rightful owner — verb (= repair) restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken She repaired her TV set Repair my shoes please — verb (= reestablish) bring back into original existence, use, function, or position restore law and order reestablish peace in the region restore the emperor to the throne

Synonyms restore synonyms

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restore English » English

return repair renovate give back fix renew mend reinstate recover rehabilitate revive bring back put back send back restitute reconstruct retrieve reorganize reestablish redeem rebuild revert regenerate refurbish refund touch on take back save rescue replace render rejuvenate regain refresh recondition payback maintain doctor deliver back correct continue sustain revise return to normal resurrect resume restructure restoration restitution repeat

Topics restore topics

What do people use restore to talk about?
Social behavior Conflict Peace

Reconcile
Work and occupation Working with buildings Building materials

Building equipment and maintenance
Work and occupation Finance Borrow

Repay debt
Physical actions Break, wear out

Repair
States Time Aspectual time

Start something
States Time Aspectual time Age

New
Social behavior Conflict Peace

Forgive
Social behavior Conflict Peace

Make peace
Physical actions Move something Take somewhere

Return something

Conjugation restore conjugation

How do you conjugate restore?

restore · verb

Examples restore examples

How do I use restore in a sentence?

Simple sentences

How on earth can we restore our youth?
We are currently working to restore normal service as soon as possible.
They had to call the police to restore order.
Do you know an artist who can restore this old picture for me?
We restore antique furniture.

Movie subtitles

Julia asks Arbaces to give her a magic potion to restore Glaucus's love to her.
Only complete isolation and rest will restore her to health.
May they restore to his people the cross on which he died.
There's nothing he wouldn't do for a king who'd restore him to rank.
Not until you bribe the manager to restore me to my attic.
And only you, Wolf, can restore my confidence.
There are great doctors here. They may restore your sight.
No doctor can restore her.
It is in your power to restore his sight.
I was told there was a doctor here. who could restore his sight.
Their leader hoped that someday that gold would still return to the South where it belonged, to help them rebuild their homes and restore some of their pride.
Yes. Then if Judge Stillman doesn't restore the mine, well, it's up to me to go to Seattle, lay the facts before a higher court.
Yes, I would restore them all to life.
And then, because I loved him, I felt I had to restore her to him. to make her what she'd been before. to make him happy.
Or do you think you can restore my faith in men?
That'll restore circulation. Look.
It's up to us to restore it to them.
They may restore your sight.
She lives, but is as dead. No doctor can restore her.
If the sight of you did nothing to restore his memory. what can words do? When you came to me at Melbridge shortly after he disappeared.
If StiIIman doesn't restore the mine, it's up to me to go to seattle to a higher court.
If we could find a way of saving the remaining hostages. or as many as possible. we would at the same time restore the unity of the city.
Because now in order to restore the peace, we have to hurt them.
How do you expect a society globetrotter to restore confidence?
All those beautiful things that were destroyed. I could restore.
Someday I hope to have you restore Marie Antoinette.
We thank the German Federal Archives and film fans, which made it possible to restore this film.
It'll be your problem to restore them to him.
Then if Judge Stillman doesn't restore the mine, well, it's up to me to go to Seattle, lay the facts before a higher court.
Her mind will restore itself if she's left alone.
Your good care will restore both to him.
And an artist was hired to restore them.
You'd need double that, to restore everything.
I guess I shouldn't have been in such an aII-fired hurry to restore his soul.

News and current affairs

Second, we must restore coral reefs' capacity to cope with environmental change--their resilience--by protecting the fish stocks that keep seaweed in check, and thereby facilitate the recovery of coral populations from bleaching.
We must write and enforce laws that restore credibility to our financial markets.
Only a constitution, they argue, can restore much needed legitimacy to a political system that is widely perceived as deeply corrupt and inept.
For the last three years, the consensus has been that the US economy was on the verge of a robust and self-sustaining recovery that would restore above-potential growth.
Perhaps most importantly, competition is a powerful means to restore democracy and modernize political institutions by compelling policymakers to ensure transparency and accountability.
Only an alliance of conservative leaders and powers (including a retreat by America from diplomatic radicalism), Abdullah believes, can restore some stability to the Middle East.
The gap is simply too large between what is needed to restore competitiveness and what citizens can stomach if they remain part of the monetary union.
How can Japan restore optimism and jump-start its economic engine with no macroeconomic tools left to use?
His numerous sermons and speeches revealed his intention to restore Adalbert's spirit in Poland.
Nordbanken had become fully state-owned and a new management was put in place to restore the bank to viability.
Fiscal austerity was supposed to restore confidence.
Argentina was not the only South American economy to suffer in 1999, but the others adjusted their exchange rates to restore international competitiveness.
Finally, Europe needs policies that restore competitiveness and growth to the eurozone's periphery, where GDP is either still contracting (Greece, Spain, and Ireland) or barely growing (Italy and Portugal).
Such an approach would provide the breathing space needed to restore confidence and implement reforms in an atmosphere of moderate optimism rather than despair.
The second is a set of understandings and commitments among the major advanced and developing countries to rebalance the global economy in order to restore aggregate demand and growth.
And a massive default, together with a very large sustained cut in the annual budget deficit, is, in fact, needed to restore Greek fiscal sustainability.
Was it purely the product of a collective delusion, an emotional Potemkin village of sorts, encouraged, if not conceived, by the authorities to restore some level of self-assurance among France's depressed citizens?
And, with headwinds from Europe and a synchronized global slowdown, the candidates will have no choice but to pursue, at least initially, similar economic policies to restore dynamic job creation and financial stability.
And certainly the election of the first African-American as president would do wonders to restore the soft power that the Bush administration squandered over the past eight years.
For this reason, America and South Korea must restore a strategic vision for the future.
Growth is wonderful; inflation is terrible; a central bank cannot avoid choosing: it must restore price stability even if that means sacrificing growth.
The G-7 action plan aims to restore the flow of credit by securing interbank lending, and coordinated central bank actions have provided unprecedented levels of liquidity to the market.
While repealing one law to satisfy his voters - and get elected - Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger promised new legislation that would restore undocumented workers' ability to obtain a driver's license.
And they ask their listeners to believe that they alone will restore American dignity and articulate the wishes of the unheard.
Given that such a move would imply that China's claim to the islands may have some legitimacy, Abe's possible concession on this point is no trivial matter; it could even mean that he will agree with China to restore the status quo ante.

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