renew
part of speech
verb (renew, renews, renewed, renewing)
meaning for a pupil
1) To make something last longer, like a library book loan, a passport or a subscription. tree →
2) To start something again after a break: "renew a friendship". tree →
3) To make something new or fresh again: "renew the paint". tree →
sense in the lessons
In everyday life you renew library books so you can keep them longer; adults renew passports and car insurance. In science and geography, "renewable energy" comes from sources that renew themselves, like the sun and wind. Phrases: renew a book, renew a passport, renewed energy, renewable.
examples
- I renewed my library book for two more weeks. tree →
- Mum needs to renew her passport. tree →
- After the rest, we started again with renewed energy. tree →
- The town renewed the old playground. tree →
- You can renew books online. tree →
- Wind and sunlight are renewable energy because they renew themselves. tree →
- They renewed their friendship after many years. tree →
- Discovering that he is not, he renews the pursuit. tree →
note
Regular verb: renew, renewed. The noun is "renewal". "Re-" means again. "Renewable" energy comes from sources that do not run out, like sun, wind and water; coal and oil are not renewable.
In the corpora
- If you need a library book for longer, you can ask to renew it, which means borrowing it again for more time.
- A free trial often renews into a paid subscription automatically unless you cancel it in time; companies count on people forgetting.
- Forests, fish and soil renew themselves only if people do not use them faster than they grow back.
- Then said Samuel to the people: 'Come and let us go to Gilgal, and renew the kingdom there.'
- Create me a clean heart, O God; and renew a stedfast spirit within me.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «renew» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.