🇬🇧 Renovate meaning: English Vocabulary Flash Card

To renovate means to take something old, broken, or worn out—like a house, a room, or even a playground—and repair it, clean it, and change it so it looks fresh, new, and nicer to use.

Grandpa wanted to renovate the shed, but he mostly renovated his nap schedule instead.

The library renovated the kids’ area, adding cozy chairs where parents instantly fall asleep like hibernating bears.

Dad tried to renovate the bathroom and accidentally invented a new indoor waterfall by breaking the pipes.

Our class helped renovate the school garden, and the worms looked extremely surprised to get new dirt real estate.

The school decided to renovate the cafeteria, so now the chairs wobble less and the mystery meat still runs away from everyone.

An old shop sits dark. A woman and her son decide to renovate it. They paint, renovate the sign, renovate the counter, pull up broken floorboards, fix the roof; every day they renovate a corner, they renovate a door, they renovate a small window until light floods in. The shop opens and they smile — the place feels new.

This word is at the C1 level, which means it’s part of advanced English. It’s used in sophisticated conversations, professional settings, and academic discussions. Words at this level help you express yourself fluently and precisely in nuanced situations.

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