(v. t.) To make over again; to restore to freshness or vigor; to renew.
Example Sentences:
(1) Our guides accommodated requests such as a visit to a department store, but turned down others such as going to a nearby market, saying it was under renovation.
(2) A hospital's pharmacy renovated its existing outdated and highly restricted departmental space to help ensure more efficient operation until the master plan for hospitalwide improvements could be completed and implemented.
(3) High-end estate agents are already being sounded out to sell the 10,000 square foot consular residence in London's upscale Holland Park – which is currently being renovated.
(4) Over the next year we hope to continue renovating the existing elements: re-insulating the north-facing walls, adding solar panels and linking the wood burner up to the central heating hot water tank."
(5) Renovation of a three-story hospital and construction of new one-story units consolidated scattered services and provided a barrier-free design for patients.
(6) Wealthy locals dine in the 32nd-floor restaurant at Grozny City, a five-star hotel, the football team plays at a newly renovated stadium.
(7) How many would have foreseen a national conversation – in public and in private – that revolves around the three Rs: renovation, recipes and resorts?
(8) The time of complete renovation of the peritoneal mast cells has been stated to be, according to the mode of the stimulation, 60--80 days.
(9) It cannot be put towards a deposit, but is made available after completion of the purchase for buyers to undertake renovation work.
(10) The renovated unit (A) contained nine single-bed intensive care rooms and seven intermediate-level care beds in four rooms.
(11) That money, three times more than their agricultural subsidies, could renovate village halls and schools, and invest in local renewable energy programmes.
(12) According to materials of the symposium at the XVI All-Union Congress of Microbiologists and Epidemiologists the author presents some trends in the improvement of teaching epidemiology, including renovation of the programs and teaching plans at the sanitary-hygienic faculty, development of practical habits and rationalization in the organization of practical work at the therapeutic and pediatric faculties.
(13) • 1050 East Palm Canyon Drive (+1 760 323 1858, thehorizonhotel.com ); double rooms from $109 The Movie Colony Movie Colony, Palm Springs Concierge John-Michael swears that Jim Morrison made the leap from balcony to pool here in 1969, and that Frank Sinatra was a resident while his nearby home was being renovated – and even though the myth of celebrity tends to get overblown, if not utterly fabricated, in southern California, we found no reason not to take him at his word.
(14) At best, the welcome renovation of these older homes will be funded by squeezing new private dwellings into the generous green space that surrounds them.
(15) The author presents seven guidelines related to specific elements of the physical setting, such as space differentiation, color, texture, and lighting, that administrators and staff can use in analyzing existing hospital settings and in discussing designs for renovations or new construction with architects.
(16) New floor covering systems, including new carpets, have been identified as a potential, short-term source of VOCs in the indoor air of new or renovated buildings.
(17) Keith Best has spent a decade renovating 35 Church Road, Newbury Park, Ilford, an area where similar semi-detached three-bedroom properties have been on the market at about £390,000.
(18) The difference has enabled us to renovate this house, and it's also meant I don't have to go back to work."
(19) Halifax District Hospital's Medical Library, Daytona Beach, Florida was altered from two dingy rooms to a modern, well-equipped Medical Library twice its former size by its maintenance men in six months time, with the help of the librarian's sketches and an architect student from the junior college to draw the plans.A complete renovation was done, eighteen-inch walls between rooms being demolished, plumbing, ceiling, and windows removed.
(20) The VA has banned the use of new asbestos products containing more than 1% of asbestos in building construction or renovation projects.
Revamp
Definition:
(v. t.) To vamp again; hence, to patch up; to reconstruct.
Example Sentences:
(1) The European council president, Donald Tusk, said the incident underlined the importance of EU attempts to revamp Europe’s border force.
(2) Tesco has revamped its budget range of value products with a new range of own-label “farm” brands as it steps up its fight against German discounters Aldi and Lidl.
(3) Die Mannschaft were eliminated in the group stage that year, a failure that instigated a major revamp of the nation’s academy system.
(4) One of the strengths of the Booker prior to its international revamp was that it showcased writers from the Commonwealth, introducing these authors to new and larger audiences, much like the Caine prize.
(5) The Apple boss opened up several new fronts at the start of the year, with plans to launch online movie rentals and a revamped "Apple TV" on which to play them, trying to do for broadband-based video on demand what iTunes did for music downloads.
(6) Photograph: Alamy Around the harbour, there are developments such as the new Cristiano Ronaldo CR7 hotel (the Portuguese footballer is the world’s most famous Madeiran), his revamped CR7 museum , and a swish new design centre .
(7) Chelsea could potentially follow up Falcao’s arrival on a 12-month loan with a move for Antoine Griezmann from Atlético – the Frenchman has a £43m buyout clause in his contract – which would see them beginning the defence of their title with a revamped forward line.
(8) In Manchester, which after all is the birthplace of the crisp Smiths, there's old faves James , a newly-revamped Easterhouse and a whole bag of loser Smith clones.
(9) The much-heralded revamp, fronted by a presenting line-up that includes star signing Susanna Reid, managed to attract a 19.5% share of viewers between 6am and 8.30am.
(10) As for Countryfile, Hunt personally oversaw the revamp: "Yes, we did change the presenting line-up, editorially, moving it from daytime to the glare of peak time.
(11) Umunna believes it is now time for a complete revamp or "new politics for a new generation".
(12) Herbert Diess, the chief executive of the VW brand, said he would overhaul the division’s strategy to concentrate on electric and hybrid vehicles and revamp all diesel cars and vans to feature cleaner exhaust emissions systems.
(13) The revamp of Ten’s news brand as Eyewitness News , beginning on Monday night, has been overshadowed by the shock resignation of the broadcaster’s high-profile journalist, Hamish Macdonald.
(14) We are preparing contingency plans in case a strike does go ahead but in the meantime we urge the RMT to return to the negotiating table and discuss the changes to the conductor role we are seeking to make.” GTR says the revamped conductor role would mean better customer service for passengers, including checking tickets, and that CCTV would give drivers a clear view of every door on the train when they took over responsibility.
(15) Labor has accused Tony Abbott’s government of jeopardising the future of the national disability insurance scheme by revamping its board.
(16) Iran's president, Hassan Rouhani, is revamping Tehran's relations with the west, especially the US, but the country's judiciary, which is independent of his government, and the security apparatus have intensified their crackdown on journalists.
(17) Boeing insists it has a future: even the president still wants it , for a revamped Air Force One.
(18) Germany has thrown its weight behind long-stalled efforts to revamp Europe’s dealings with refugees, demanding a quota system that would distribute migrants coming to Europe more equitably among the 28 countries of the European Union .
(19) The government was also forced into a partial U-turn in its plans to axe the £162m ring-fenced national budget for school sport after an outcry but has restored only around half the funding as part of a revamped School Games strategy.
(20) A prolific TV pundit and influential newspaper columnist, the Spectator's former political editor succeeded Matthew d'Ancona as editor of the rightwing political weekly in August last year and will revamp it in the autumn .