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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
renew
verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
extend/renew sb's visa (=allow a visa to apply to a longer time)
▪ He hoped that his visa might be extended.
new/renewed optimism (=optimism that you start to feel again, after you stopped feeling it)
▪ The new leadership has brought renewed optimism.
renew a book (=arrange to continue borrowing it from a library)
▪ If you need to renew a book, you can do it by phone.
renew a friendship (=become friends again)
▪ They renewed their friendship after the war.
renew a lease (=keep a lease for a longer period of time)
▪ The company decided not to renew the lease on the office.
renew a licence
▪ The licence must be renewed yearly.
renew a passport
▪ I'd forgotten to renew my passport.
renew a policy (=buy it again, especially regularly)
▪ The policy must be renewed every year.
renew an appeal (=make an appeal again)
▪ Detectives renewed their appeal for help from the public.
renew sb’s contract (=give someone another contract when their old one ends)
▪ I hope they will renew my contract at the end of the year.
renew your membership (=become a member again for another period of time)
▪ Please renew your membership by January 15.
renew your subscription (=pay again so you can keep getting something)
▪ It’s time to renew your subscription.
renew your vows (=have a second wedding ceremony to repeat your promises)
▪ Fifty couples celebrated their golden weddings and renewed their vows at a cathedral service in Chicago.
renewed accusations (=made again, often in a more forceful way)
▪ The government faced renewed accusations of corruption.
renewed enthusiasm (=starting again, with increased energy or interest)
▪ After lunch, she went about the task with renewed enthusiasm.
renewed interest (=starting again after it had stopped)
▪ There has been a renewed interest in abstract painting in recent years.
renewed speculation
▪ The move has prompted renewed speculation that an election will be held in April.
renewed vigour
▪ He began working with renewed vigour.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
acquaintance
▪ There will be a buffet reception afterwards - a chance to renew acquaintance with old friends.
▪ Instead he renewed his acquaintance with Kate Molland.
▪ Perhaps we shall renew our acquaintance in Barcelona tonight, where Real Madrid have their first major test under his management.
▪ The man from Louisiana felt it was time to renew the acquaintance.
▪ Johnnie Warburton renewed his acquaintance with Jack when they were designated to work alternate shifts.
▪ It was so nice for me to renew acquaintance once again with my old and trusted friends, Ingleborough and Company.
▪ I didn't think you were down there renewing an old acquaintance.
▪ The events are a good reason for the enthusiasts of this largely non-social past time to gather and renew acquaintances.
appeal
▪ Voice over Police are renewing their appeal for help from the public.
▪ Police have renewed their appeal to the public to join the fight against horse attacks by reporting anything suspicious.
▪ Downing can renew his appeal if the prosecution takes a favourable view.
▪ Aung San renewed his appeal to Nu to come in.
▪ Yesterday Chief Insp Harvey Harris, who is leading the inquiry, renewed his appeals for help.
attack
▪ In the debate referred to, the senior judges renewed their attack.
▪ D took a gun and, fearing that this stronger man would renew his attack, shot and killed him.
▪ Burnside wanted to renew the attack in the morning.
▪ Never one to give in, he rubbed the sleepy dust from his eyes and renewed his attack.
▪ But media lawyers said there are other possible avenues for mounting a renewed First Amendment attack on the ban.
▪ He thought it likely that the Confederates would retreat before he could renew his attack the next day.
call
▪ This week President Mitterrand renewed the call for an early conference.
▪ It could renew calls for Attorney General Janet Reno to appoint an independent counsel to investigate alleged campaign wrongdoing.
▪ Unsanctioned rallies on Feb. 15-18 to renew calls for economic reform and leaders' resignations attracted up to 15,000 people.
▪ Speaking to reporters outside his apartment Thursday, Lebed renewed his call for Yeltsin to resign.
campaign
▪ There is growing evidence that white supremacist groups are renewing hate campaigns against Aborigines in some provincial towns.
▪ The move may signal a renewed campaign against rebels, who have resumed attacks.
▪ Yesterday, the parents renewed their campaign to save the school when they protested outside Strathclyde's headquarters in Glasgow.
commitment
▪ Brandon's renewed commitment to playing a complete game has been vital.
▪ There, the president would announce their renewed commitment to peace and send them on their way back to the region.
confidence
▪ The disclosure of Labour's latest spoiling tactic highlighted renewed confidence at Millbank in the face of dire Tory poll results.
▪ The knowledge gave him renewed confidence, and now the strange bizarre names came to him more easily.
contract
▪ Employment agency TimePlan, which has run the pilot for the past year, is not having its contract renewed.
▪ Then her contract had not been renewed.
▪ When Keyishian refused to sign a certificate stating he was not a Communist, his contract was not renewed.
▪ Since late 1989, when Steinlager's three-year contract was not renewed, U.S. rugby has been without a principal sponsor.
▪ A growing number of workers are put on short-term contracts which are renewed only if their work is up to scratch.
▪ All the companies had their contracts renewed.
▪ Just over two months before the expiry of that term the plaintiff was informed that her contract would not be renewed.
decision
▪ The decision not to renew the contract with the landlords Hill Samuel was taken in the light of rising costs and declining sales.
effort
▪ She tossed it aside and renewed her efforts to contact Georgie and perhaps learn more about the murder.
▪ A renewed effort to raise the minimum wage, for instance, may come from Sen.
▪ The Commission later renewed its efforts and issued a revised proposal in 1989.
▪ The four-star officer believed his renewed efforts on character development were working well, according to Navy sources.
▪ The athletic director renewed his efforts to force the university to remove the sculpture.
▪ Such increases could renew corporate efforts to cut medical costs by passing them on to employees, thus further arousing consumer anxiety.
▪ From this base, after suitable preparations, McClellan planned to renew his efforts against the Confederate capital.
friendship
▪ It also renewed her interrupted friendship with Alix.
interest
▪ Peter renewed his interest in art two years when his son studied the subject at college.
▪ Since the end of 1984, there has been a renewed interest in Historicals, and interest remains high.
▪ It is these images which have gained Rothenberg renewed critical interest.
▪ Investors have also shown renewed interest in long-term muni bond mutual funds.
▪ The mainstream charities hope that will translate into renewed interest in their work.
▪ His renewed interest sparked a Christmas morning argument.
▪ It spawned renewed interest in running.
▪ Many teams, including the Cardinals, are showing renewed interest in Stevens, a cornerback from Applachian State.
lease
▪ He wanted a guarantee that he could renew the lease on expiry.
▪ A typical instance where a solicitor is needed is renewing the lease at the end of the tenancy.
▪ The landlord had not renewed Elgaen's lease, and he couldn't find a favorable north-end location in time.
membership
▪ Please, once again, remind all your present members to renew membership and try to enrol as many new members as possible.
option
▪ The draftsman should take care in dealing with the option to renew itself.
▪ After that, the Pentagon has the option to renew it annually over the next eight years.
▪ But I believe it is better to call a halt now at a point when the option to renew contracts has arisen.
▪ In such circumstances, however, it is unlikely that the landlord would be prepared to grant an option to renew.
subscription
▪ However a project worker saw her condition and paid the amount needed to renew her subscription.
▪ Lifelong readers who kept the back issues piled in their attics renewed their subscriptions like clockwork at the five-year rate.
▪ If you are wondering whether to renew your subscription, perhaps you would like to read page 19 before deciding?
▪ Churn refers to the number of people who do not renew subscriptions.
war
▪ It was thus necessary to reanimate local antislavery societies, renew the propaganda war, and once more undertake large-scale petitioning.
year
▪ Vincent said that a few years ago watch batteries had to be renewed every year.
▪ To remain effective, sealers must be renewed, usually every year or two.
▪ The power to offer such an opportunity requires to be renewed from year to year.
▪ The conditions for renewed economic growth this year have improved, said Economics Minister Guenter Rexrodt today.
▪ This lease was renewed for 300 years, until the final disafforestment and enclosure of those forests.
▪ They renew their vows each year.
▪ These reached a peak during the truce of 1444-49, but were halved when war was renewed in the latter year.
▪ Draw up a School Development Plan and renew it every year.
■ VERB
decide
▪ He has played in Sicily for the past few years and has decided to renew his contract.
▪ The Legislature will review the boot camp approach in October and decide whether to renew, expand or discontinue it.
▪ I've decided not to renew my contract.
▪ This agreement will expire in March 1987, and it has been decided not to renew it.
lead
▪ There is no other way to settle this dispute that will not lead to renewed fighting in the future.
▪ The breakdown led to renewed Orthodox demands for legislation against the non-Orthodox streams.
▪ Yesterday Chief Insp Harvey Harris, who is leading the inquiry, renewed his appeals for help.
refuse
▪ Judging by our previous experience, I do not think that the Home Secretary would have refused to renew it thereafter.
▪ He refused only to renew his own homage or to recognize or consecrate bishops whom the king had invested.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ His firm is renewing efforts to provide in-house computer training.
▪ Iceland has no immediate plans to renew commercial whaling.
▪ It is wise to renew your water filter every month, even though it may seem to be working satisfactorily.
▪ The rebels waited until nightfall to renew their attack on the city.
▪ The state desperately needs to renew its road system.
▪ There was nothing to prevent the President from renewing the bombing in the North.
▪ To renew your license, contact the Department of Motor Vehicles.
▪ You should check the engine carefully, renewing any parts that are worn or damaged.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ As a result, firms employing them need to recruit frequently to replace those who choose not to renew their contracts.
▪ From this base, after suitable preparations, McClellan planned to renew his efforts against the Confederate capital.
▪ I renewed my vow that evening.
▪ Subsequently I tried to renew contact with Rubinsky, a man more of my generation.
▪ The conference highlighted and promoted service teaching and learning as a way to build academic and citizenship skills while renewing communities.
▪ The drainage system over some sections of route has had to be refurbished or renewed.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Renew

Renew \Re*new"\, v. i. To become new, or as new; to grow or begin again.

Renew

Renew \Re*new"\ (r?-n?"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reneved (-n?d"); p. pr. & vb. n. Renewing.] [Pref. re- + new. Cf. Renovate.]

  1. To make new again; to restore to freshness, perfection, or vigor; to give new life to; to rejuvenate; to re[eum]stablish; to recreate; to rebuild.

    In such a night Medea gathered the enchanted herbs That did renew old [AE]son.
    --Shak.

  2. Specifically, to substitute for (an old obligation or right) a new one of the same nature; to continue in force; to make again; as, to renew a lease, note, or patent.

  3. To begin again; to recommence.

    The last great age . . . renews its finished course.
    --Dryden.

  4. To repeat; to go over again.

    The birds-their notes renew.
    --Milton.

  5. (Theol.) To make new spiritually; to regenerate.

    Be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind.
    --Rom. xii. 2.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
renew

late 14c., from re- "again" + Middle English newen "resume, revive, renew" (see new); formed on analogy of Latin renovare. Related: Renewed; renewing.

Wiktionary
renew

vb. 1 (lb en transitive) To make (something) new again; to restore to freshness or original condition. (from 14thc.) 2 (lb en transitive) To replace (something which has broken etc.); to replenish (something which has been exhausted), to keep up a required supply of. (from 14thc.) 3 (lb en theology) To make new spiritually; to regenerate. (from 14th c.) 4 (lb en now rare intransitive) To become new, or as new; to revive. (15th-18thc.) 5 (lb en transitive) To begin again; to recommence. (from 16thc.) 6 (lb en rare) To repeat. (from 17thc.) 7 (lb en transitive intransitive) To extend a period of loan, especially a library book that is due to be returned.

WordNet
renew

  1. v. re-establish on a new, usually improved, basis or make new or like new; "We renewed our friendship after a hiatus of twenty years"; "They renewed their membership" [syn: regenerate]

  2. cause to appear in a new form; "the old product was reincarnated to appeal to a younger market" [syn: reincarnate]

Wikipedia
ReNew

ReNew magazine (currently subtitled ReNew: technology for a sustainable future) is an Australian magazine covering domestic renewable energy technologies and sustainable culture. Originally a small magazine, printed and distributed locally in Melbourne, it was first published by the Alternative Energy Co-operative in 1980 as Soft Technology: Alternative Energy in Australia. Although it sold for the high cover price of $0.85, the magazine's circulation increased so rapidly that by issue 35, published in February 1991, it included a full colour cover. The price was increased from $2.50 to $3 and national distribution rights secured for issue 40, published in June the following year. A total of 13,000 copies were printed. The magazine was renamed, after much deliberation, under the present title in 1996.

Renew (album)

Renew is the sixth full-length studio album released by American band The Badlees. It was released on S.A.M. Records in June 2002 and was the first new album by the band in three years.

Usage examples of "renew".

No sooner had the squire swallowed a large draught than he renewed the discourse on Jones, and declared a resolution of going the next morning early to acquaint Mr.

Seven or eight days afterwards, Paterno told me that the actress had related the affair to him exactly in the same words which I had used, and she had added that, if I had ceased my visits, it was only because I was afraid of her taking me at my word in case I should renew my proposal.

It is our pride that our townsman, David Davis, was among the ablest of the great court, by whose adjudication renewed vigor was given to the Constitution, and enduring safeguards established for national life and individual liberty.

The victory of Heraclius renewed and aggravated the persecution, and the patriarch again escaped from Alexandria to the desert.

Notwithstanding, the opposition which had been made to the bill of last year was renewed by the agriculturists on the same grounds as before.

After a supper which would have pleased a Lucullus, we spent twelve hours in giving each other proofs, of our passionate love, sleeping after our amorous struggles, and waking only to renew the fight.

Some of the piers of the nave arcading have also been partially renewed.

General, as well as soldier, on both sides, seemed averse to renew the battle.

There had been baddish moments, like trying to renew contact with Mary Stokes.

Susan Bates, in fact, had renewed the attack, and she prosecuted it whenever occasion offered.

He was vaguely aware that Hobart Batt was staring at him with renewed alarm, but he could not deal with him now.

At this threat his tears and supplications began over again and with renewed force, and telling me that he was in utter poverty he emptied his pockets one after the other to shew me that he had no money, and at last offered me the bloodstained badge of his uncle.

When the three Gorgons saw I was interested, their tears, complaints, and invectives began again with renewed vigor, while I kept silence as much as to say that they were in the right.

I knelt before her, and taking her hand begged her pardon, swearing not to renew my attempts.

Rhodes pacified him, though, by congratulating him heartily on the new line of work, asking to see further studies, promising to take the topic of renewed biogenesis up at the very next meeting of the directors.