restoration
pronunciation
How to pronounce restoration in British English:
UK [ˌrestəˈreɪʃn]
How to pronounce restoration in American English:
US [ˌrestəˈreɪʃn]
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- Noun:
- the act of restoring something or someone to a satisfactory state
- getting something back again
- the state of being restored to its former good condition
- some artifact that has been restored or reconstructed
- a model that represents the landscape of a former geological age or that represents and extinct animal etc.
Word Origin
- restoration (n.)
- late 14c., "a means of healing or restoring health; renewing of something lost," from Old French restoration (Modern French restauration) and directly from Late Latin restorationem (nominative restoratio), noun of action from past participle stem of Latin restaurare (see restore). Mid-15c. as "the repairing of a building;" c. 1500 as "a restoring to a former state." With a capital R-, in reference to the reestablishment of the English monarchy under Charles II in 1660, from 1718. As a period in English theater, attested from 1898. In French history, it refers to 1814. An earlier word in this sense was restauration (late 14c.), from French.
Example
- 1. Stream restoration projects create great sense of pride amongst residents .
- 2. Part of the restoration project requires the return of another crucial species : the prairie dog .
- 3. She has written about restoration england and 19th-century new zealand .
- 4. It raised the standard of living and smoothed the restoration of democracy .
- 5. 10 Represents law and restoration .