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renew

/rɪˈnjuː/verb

उच्चारण रिन्यू

नवीनीकरण करना

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verb
  1. 1

    [T] ~ sth

    to make something valid for a further period of time

    नवीनीकरण करना

    • Renew your driving licence before it expires.
    • Please renew your library card before the end of the month.
    • You must renew your passport before it expires.
    + 2 more examples
    • Customers can renew the insurance policy online.
    • The club renewed his contract for another two years.

    Synonyms extend prolong continue update reissue

    Opposite cancel terminate end

  2. 2

    [T] ~ sth

    to begin something again after a pause or an interruption

    फिर से शुरू करना

    • They renewed their efforts.
    • The two countries agreed to renew talks next month.
    • After the break, the teams renewed their attack.
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    • The government renewed its call for peace.
    • The rain renewed the farmers' hope of a good harvest.

    Synonyms resume restart recommence revive reopen

    Opposite stop discontinue abandon

§Structures (grammar patterns) 4

renew + noun (document or agreement)

Use renew with a licence, passport, membership, contract or subscription when you extend it for a further period before or after it ends.

लाइसेंस, passport, सदस्यता, अनुबंध या subscription की अवधि आगे बढ़ाने के लिए 'renew' का प्रयोग होता है।

  • Radhika renewed her library membership for another year.
  • You must renew your passport six months before it expires.

renew + effort / interest / hope / call

With abstract nouns, renew means to begin or express something again with fresh energy after a gap.

भाववाचक nouns के साथ 'renew' का अर्थ है किसी अंतराल के बाद नई ऊर्जा से फिर शुरू करना।

  • The students renewed their demand for a new laboratory.
  • After the break, he renewed his efforts to clear the exam.

renew + sth + for + period

Say how long the extension lasts with for; use by only for a deadline.

विस्तार कितने समय के लिए है, यह बताने को 'for' आता है; समय-सीमा (deadline) के लिए 'by' का प्रयोग होता है।

  • The tenant renewed the lease for two years.

be renewed (passive) / renew itself

The passive is common for documents; renew oneself describes nature or a person gaining fresh life.

दस्तावेज़ों के लिए passive आम है; प्रकृति या व्यक्ति के नए जीवन पाने के लिए 'renew oneself' आता है।

  • The licence is renewed every five years.
  • The forest renews itself after every monsoon.
+Collocations 4

renew + document

passportlicencemembershipinsurancesubscription

  • Please renew your insurance before the last date.

renew + abstract noun

effortscallshopefriendshipinterest

  • The two neighbours renewed their old friendship.

adverb + renew

automaticallyannuallyregularlyformallyquietly

  • The contract is renewed automatically each April.

renew + one's strength / energy

strengthenergyfaithcommitmentresolve

  • A week in the hills renewed his energy for the exam.
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  • The bank asked customers to renew their KYC details before March.

बैंक ने ग्राहकों से मार्च से पहले अपने KYC विवरण नवीनीकृत करने को कहा।

  • Radhika renewed her promise to study every morning.

राधिका ने हर सुबह पढ़ने का अपना वादा फिर दोहराया।

  • The government decided to renew the scheme for another three years.

सरकार ने इस योजना को तीन वर्ष और बढ़ाने का निर्णय लिया।

  • Fresh rain seemed to renew the whole village.

ताज़ा वर्षा ने मानो पूरे गाँव में नई जान डाल दी।

  • Fighting renewed along the border after a week of calm.

एक सप्ताह की शांति के बाद सीमा पर लड़ाई फिर शुरू हो गई।

!Common mistakes 2

✗ The college renewed its old library building.

✓ The college renovated its old library building.

To repair and modernise a building is renovate; renew means to extend a document or begin something again.

इमारत की मरम्मत कर उसे आधुनिक बनाने के लिए 'renovate' आता है; 'renew' का अर्थ दस्तावेज़ की अवधि बढ़ाना या कुछ फिर शुरू करना है।

✗ I must renew my licence before it will expire.

✓ I must renew my licence before it expires.

After before, use the simple present for a future event, not will.

'Before' के बाद भविष्य की घटना के लिए simple present आता है, 'will' नहीं।

≠Thesaurus: which synonym when

These words all deal with doing something again, but they differ in what is being repeated.

तीनों शब्द किसी चीज़ को फिर करने से जुड़े हैं, पर दोहराई जाने वाली चीज़ में अंतर है।

renew

To extend a document or start something again with fresh energy.

दस्तावेज़ की अवधि बढ़ाना या नई ऊर्जा से कुछ फिर शुरू करना।

  • She renewed her bus pass.

renovate

To repair and improve an old building or room.

पुरानी इमारत या कमरे की मरम्मत कर उसे बेहतर बनाना।

  • They renovated the old school hall.

restore

To bring something back to its earlier good condition or position.

किसी चीज़ को उसकी पहले की अच्छी स्थिति में लौटाना।

  • Workers restored the power supply by night.
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✓In the exam

General knowledge

Science: renewable energy comes from sources that are not used up, such as the sun, wind and water; non-renewable sources include coal and petroleum.

विज्ञान में renewable energy ऐसे स्रोतों से आती है जो खत्म नहीं होते, जैसे सूर्य, पवन और जल; non-renewable स्रोतों में कोयला और पेट्रोलियम शामिल हैं।

India's National Solar Mission; the International Solar Alliance was launched by India and France in 2015.

भारत का राष्ट्रीय सौर मिशन; International Solar Alliance 2015 में भारत और फ़्रांस ने शुरू किया।