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# restore

«restore» in Mova's school dictionary: **to repair it so that it looks or works as it did when it…** — 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 (restore, restores, restored, restoring)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To restore something means to repair it so that it looks or works as it did when it was new. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/restore/#m1)

2) To restore means to bring back something that was lost, like peace, power or health. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/restore/#m2)

3) To restore something to a person means to give it back. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/restore/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In history and art: restore old buildings and paintings. In technology: restore a computer or backup. In everyday life: power was restored after the storm. Phrases: restore order, restore power, restore to health, fully restored.

### examples

- Workers restored the old castle. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/restore/#x1)
- Electricity was restored after the storm. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/restore/#x2)
- The teacher restored order in the noisy class. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/restore/#x3)
- Rest and food restored his strength. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/restore/#x4)
- The stolen painting was restored to the museum. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/restore/#x5)
- Dad restored an old bike for me. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/restore/#x6)
- The princess, too, was restored to life. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/restore/#x7)

### note

Noun: restoration. Similar: repair, renew, bring back. In maths: if a bank balance is restored, it goes back to its earlier amount.

### In the corpora

- [The number is unknown and disputed, the government says it restored order, and the event is not openly discussed in mainland China.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/59-china-modern-china-space-and-contested-topics/21/)
- [Supporters say it restored order, critics say it cut freedoms; views are strongly divided.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/59-china-modern-china-space-and-contested-topics/23/)
- [And he restored the chief butler back unto his butlership; and he gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1294/)
- [If thou at all take thy neighbour's garment to pledge, thou shalt restore it unto him by that the sun goeth down;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.641/)
- [and he shall restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pity.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2SA.304/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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