restoration
/ɹɛstəˈɹeɪʃən/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.11 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The process of bringing an object back to its original state; the process of restoring something.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
The return of a former monarchy or monarch to power, usually after having been forced to step down.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
The return of a socioeconomic formation in the role of the dominant mode of production.
Countable; Uncountable
name
The restoring of the Bourbon Dynasty in 1814.
Example Sentences
- "foreskin restoration"
- "The restoration of this painting will take years."
- "The restoration of this medieval church involved undoing all the Victorian modifications."
- "There is all the difference between preservation and restoration."
- "As Sir Ronald Matthews said at the meeting of L.N.E.R. stockholders earlier this year, the public must realise "the inevitability of a certain amount of gradualness" in connection with the restoration of passenger train services and facilities."
- "Providing accommodation is a significant constraint, and an unexpected development from the restoration of services to Okehampton is demand from the Exeter student population to rent local properties."
Etymology
From Middle English restoracion, altered from restauracion (from Latin restaurātiō) by partly deriving from restoren + -acion. By surface analysis, restore + -ation.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: restoracion, restaurātiō