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See also: rénovation
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin renovatio, renovationem.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈɹɛnəveɪʃən/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -eɪʃən
Noun
[edit]renovation (countable and uncountable, plural renovations)
- An act, or the process, of renovating.
- Synonym: reno (clipping)
- Meronyms: (building renovation) demo, demolition, rebuilding
- Near-synonym: (building renovation) remodeling
- 2017, Anru Lee, Wen-hui Anna Tang, “Gender, Popular Religion, and the Politics of Memory in Taiwan's Urban Renewal: The Case of the Twenty-Five Ladies' Tomb”, in Zayn R. Kassam, editor, Women and Asian Religions[1], ABC-CLIO, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 144:
- During the course, the Cijin District Office, the frontline local government unit in charge of executing the tomb's renovation, also worked hard to communicate with the deceased's families about how to redesign the space.
- (theology) Regeneration.
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]act or process of renovating
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