revival
pronunciation
How to pronounce revival in British English:
UK [rɪˈvaɪvl]
How to pronounce revival in American English:
US [rɪˈvaɪvl]
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- Noun:
- bringing again into activity and prominence
- an evangelistic meeting intended to reawaken interest in religion
Word Origin
- revival (n.)
- 1650s, "act of reviving;" 1660s, "the bringing of an old play back to the stage," from revive + -al (2). First in sense "general religious awakening in a community" by Cotton Mather, 1702; revivalist is first attested 1812.
Example
- 1. Companies are also optimistic about a manufacturing revival .
- 2. It is not the only market undergoing a revival .
- 3. Other bits of europe 's mobile-phone industry are already showing signs of revival .
- 4. She hopes for political revival .
- 5. The solution in the long run is certainly a revival of capitalism .