renew

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA ^(key): /rɪˈnjuː/

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• Hyphenation: re‧new

Verb

Plain form renew

Third-person singular renews

Past tense renewed

Past participle renewed

Present participle renewing

1. Renew means to refresh.

   My energies were renewed after taking a nap.

2. Renew means to re-negotiate.

   The studio renewed the actor's contract.

3. Renew means to reissue a library book.

   Customer: Librarian, may I renew this book for another week?

   Librarian: It's been renewed twice. You can't keep renewing it. Other customers want to read it.

Related words

• renewal
• renewable