renewed

renew | American Dictionary

renew
verb[ T ]
us/rɪˈnu/

renewverb[T] (INCREASE ACTIVITY)

to begin doing something again or with increased strength:
She renewed her efforts to contact her sister.

renewverb[T] (CONTINUE USE)

to increase the period of time that something can be used or is in effect:
to renew a passport/subscription

renewal

noun[ C/U ]us/rɪˈnu·əl/
[ U ]renewal of a license

renewed

adjective[ not gradable ]us/rɪˈnu/
renewed interest/enthusiasm

renew | Business English

renew
verb
uk /rɪˈnjuː/ us /rɪˈnuː/
[ I or T ]
to make a formal or official agreement continue for an extra period of time:
renew a contract/licence/policyThe contracts are normally renewed every five years.
Please contact us on the number below if you wish to renew.
[ T ]
to begin doing something again after having stopped for a period of time:
renew criticism/debate/efforts
Unions have renewed their calls for updated safety guidelines.
[ T ]
to replace something old:
You can renew the grinding wheel surface for faster cutting.

Examples of renew

renew
Fiscal policy was another matter, and drew renewed official interest as economic activity in the colonies increased after 1936.
Although not associated with solo song in the intermedi, the instrument's usage is significant since it points to the renewed interest in chordal sonorities.
Second, the senate, the members of which served for nine years with the body renewed every three, remained untouched by the reform.
I have also signalled those renewed efforts to study the institutional history of the suffrage in the region.
In the final analysis, a renewed focus on ecological democracy could potentially lead to healthier environments and a more satisfied and engaged citizenry.
A number of bans, however, were renewed on an annual basis.
Provision for public works was renewed a few weeks later.
The state has to be mended, augmented, relegitimised and renewed periodically ; institutionbuilding is an endless process.
The second and perhaps most important feature of a renewed concept of complexity is the necessity to relate the external to the internal complexity.
Second, notice that the renewed height is partial rather than complete reset in being significantly lower than either the utterance-initial peak or the upstepped peak.
When this stage is reached, the renewed growth in the supply of educated labor drives the education premium down again.
In addition to the language syllabus, there was a renewed interest in the skills, but for contextualized communication.
What holds them together is the act of retelling, the production's assertion that theatrical practice re-creates the work and renews its history.
Trained midwives had difficulty throughout the inter-war period in obtaining replacement drugs and renewing their equipment.
Although these renewed efforts at control were no more effective than the half-hearted ones that preceded them, their impact on individual lives was often disastrous.
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