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revival

/ɹɪˈvaɪvəl/

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What does revival mean?

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.
More meanings (6)

noun

  1. Renewed prevalence of something, as a practice or a fashion.
  2. Renewed interest in religion, after indifference and decline; a period of religious awakening; special religious interest.
  3. A Christian religious meeting held to inspire active members of a church body or to gain new converts.
  4. Restoration of force, validity, or effect; renewal; reinstatement of a legal action.
  5. Revivification, as of a metal.
  6. Type of sequence on TV media with the objective to end a cancelled production.

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IPA pronunciation

/ɹɪˈvaɪvəl/

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary

Other dictionary pronunciations

/ɹiˈvaɪvəl/
CMU Pronouncing Dictionary

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This is really a revival of the old Roman idea of the patron under whose protection the new-made freedman was put.
W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt) Du BoisThe Souls of Black FolkProject Gutenberg ebook #408
Doctor Manette received such patients here as his old reputation, and its revival in the floating whispers of his story, brought him.
Charles DickensA Tale of Two CitiesProject Gutenberg ebook #98
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Another was that it was much pleasanter to be ill than to be forced to attend and take part in those revival meetings.
Harold FredericThe Damnation of Theron WareProject Gutenberg ebook #133
Thus in each case an Indian religious revival or craze, though more or less threatening to the invader, was of distinctively alien origin.
Charles A. EastmanThe Soul of the Indian: An InterpretationProject Gutenberg ebook #340
A revival of the footfault fiend, who desires to handicap the server, is international in character and, like the poor, "always with us."
William T. (William Tatem) TildenThe Art of Lawn TennisProject Gutenberg ebook #1451