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UK
/ɹˌɛnəvˈeɪʃən/
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[ US /ˌɹɛnəˈveɪʃən/ ]
[ US /ˌɹɛnəˈveɪʃən/ ]
NOUN
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the state of being restored to its former good condition
the inn was a renovation of a Colonial house -
the act of improving by renewing and restoring
they are pursuing a general program of renovation to the entire property
a major overhaul of the healthcare system was proposed
How To Use renovation In A Sentence
- In an age of central heating and renovation Greystones presumably featured as a rare unspoiled habitat.
- After a two-month renovation and deep cleaning, McCann's petite third-floor gallery is spotless.
- Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford 'Ram of Amun' at Oxford University's Ashmolean Museum In the current financial climate, it is a real coup to have completed this £5 million project, which comes two years after the big renovation of the museum in 2009. More Beauty in Oxford
- The family were living in the rented house because their own house, directly opposite the rented house, was under renovation.
- I hope the renovations don't eliminate one of NYC's last remaining "wheelie" stoplights from the 1920s... Central Park Police Station to Be Made Stable
- The renovations included gutting the kitchen, refinishing the hardwood, painting, replacing doors and windows and buying new furniture.
- The entire fabric of the church needs renovation.
- Thousands of tulips, pansies and forget-me-nots, together with venerable lilacs, wisteria, spireas and deutzias (many from the 1930s Annette Hoyt Flanders renovation) dominate the spring show of flowers.
- Voluspa," or Song of the Prophetess, a kind of sibylline lay, which contains an account of the creation, the origin of man and of evil, and concludes with a prediction of the destruction and renovation of the universe, and a description of the future abodes of happiness and misery. Handbook of Universal Literature From the Best and Latest Authorities
- Returning to Montreal in '93, his pro hockey days behind him, a disheartened Jere worked in the exciting and fulfilling world of home renovations, but nevertheless felt empty and purposeless.