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Renew: Meanings, Examples, and Usage Guide (2 meaning)

Meaning 1：extend validity (renew)

renew 🔊

/rɪˈnjuː/

To make something valid for a longer time, so it doesn't end or expire.

Renew library book loan at self-service machine

extend validity 🔊

➕

/ɪkˈstɛnd væˈlɪdəti/

To make something valid for a longer period, so it does not expire.

📁 Category：Buildings & Places 🔖 Level：Intermediate

📘 Details & Usage

📖 Root Explanation

From Latin 're-' (again) + 'novare' (to make new), via Old French 'renouveler'.

💡 Mnemonic

Re + new = make new again. Imagine pressing a 'renew' button to refresh a document.

📖 Example

Don't forget to renew your library card online before it expires next week. 🔊 Don't forget to renew your library card online before it expires next week.

🔗 Collocations

renew a contract – extend the duration of a contract

renew a license – make a license valid again

renew a subscription – continue a subscription service

🔄 Synonyms

extend (v.) – to make something last longer

prolong (v.) – to lengthen the duration of something

continue (v.) – to keep something in effect

🚫 Antonyms

expire (v.) – to come to an end

cancel (v.) – to stop something from being valid

terminate (v.) – to bring to an end

🌱 Derivatives

renewal (n.) – the act of making something valid again

renewable (adj.) – able to be extended or made valid again

renewed (adj.) – made valid or active again

📖 Cultural Story

Entered English in the 14th century. Used in legal and everyday contexts to extend contracts, subscriptions, or restart efforts.

Meaning 2：restart (renew)

renew 🔊

/rɪˈnjuː/

To start doing something again after you stopped for a while.

restart 🔊

➕

/ˌriːˈstɑːrt/

To begin something again after a period of stopping.

📁 Category：Behaviors & Actions 🔖 Level：Intermediate

📘 Details & Usage

📖 Example

After a long break, she decided to renew her efforts to learn the piano. 🔊 After a long break, she decided to renew her efforts to learn the piano.

🔗 Collocations

renew efforts – start trying again with more energy

renew a friendship – re-establish contact with a friend

renew interest – become interested again in something

🔄 Synonyms

resume (v.) – to start again after a pause

restart (v.) – to begin again

revive (v.) – to bring back to life or activity

🚫 Antonyms

stop (v.) – to cease doing something

cease (v.) – to bring an end to

abandon (v.) – to give up completely

🌱 Derivatives

renewal (n.) – the action of resuming something

renewed (adj.) – started again with fresh energy

renewing (adj.) – that makes something start again