English Explanatory Dictionary

revival

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The act of reviving, or the state of being revived.
  2. Reanimation from a state of languor or depression; applied to health, a person's spirits, etc.
  3. Renewed interest, performance, cultivation, or flourishing state of something, as of culture, commerce, agriculture.
  4. Renewed prevalence of something, as a practice or a fashion.
  5. Renewed interest in religion, after indifference and decline; a period of religious awakening; special religious interest.
  6. A Christian religious meeting held to inspire active members of a church body or to gain new converts.
  7. Restoration of force, validity, or effect; renewal; reinstatement of a legal action.
  8. Revivification, as of a metal.
  9. Type of sequence on TV media with the objective to end a cancelled production.

Pronunciation

/ɹɪˈvaɪ̯vəl/ [ɹɪˈvaɪ̯vəl] ~ [ɹɪˈvaɪ̯vl̩] En-GB-revival.ogg /ɹəˈvaɪvəl/ [ɹəˈvaɪ̯vəl] ~ [ɹəˈvaɪ̯vl̩]

Word forms

revival revivals

Etymology

From revive + -al.

Synonyms

revive

Derived words

devival Mediterranean Revival national revival nonrevival postrevival prerevival prorevival Pueblo Revival revivalism revivalist revival meeting tent revival

Translations

French: réveil German: Erweckung Hungarian: megújulás Hungarian: megújhodás Italian: risveglio Italian: rinnovamento Japanese: 復活 Malagasy: fifohazana Portuguese: avivamento Russian: возрожде́ние Russian: ревива́ль Scottish Gaelic: ath-bheothachadh Scottish Gaelic: dùsgadh Spanish: avivamiento
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