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# renew

«renew» in Mova's school dictionary: **To make something last longer, like a library book loan…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/renew/#m1)

2) To start something again after a break: "renew a friendship". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/renew/#m2)

3) To make something new or fresh again: "renew the paint". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/renew/#m3)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/renew/#x1)
- Mum needs to renew her passport. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/renew/#x2)
- After the rest, we started again with renewed energy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/renew/#x3)
- The town renewed the old playground. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/renew/#x4)
- You can renew books online. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/renew/#x5)
- Wind and sunlight are renewable energy because they renew themselves. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/renew/#x6)
- They renewed their friendship after many years. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/renew/#x7)
- Discovering that he is not, he renews the pursuit. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/renew/#x8)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/259-library-and-books/6/)
- [A free trial often renews into a paid subscription automatically unless you cancel it in time; companies count on people forgetting.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/money/18-mum-s-card-in-app-buys-and-subscriptions-that-renew/10/)
- [Forests, fish and soil renew themselves only if people do not use them faster than they grow back.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/47-natural-resources/7/)
- [Then said Samuel to the people: 'Come and let us go to Gilgal, and renew the kingdom there.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1SA.273/)
- [Create me a clean heart, O God; and renew a stedfast spirit within me.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.853/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «renew» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/renew/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.