renewed

[ri-nood, -nyood]

adjective

1. resumed, revived, or reestablished.

   After years of failed talks, people reacted skeptically to a declaration of renewed negotiations between the opposing factions.

2. made effective for an additional period.

   Members of the Elementary Teachers' Federation have now been without a renewed contract since August of last year.

3. restored, refreshed, or replenished.

   We have work to do to save this planet; let us continue with renewed vigor.

4. made, said, or done again or afresh; repeated.

   There were not enough Soviet forces on the Finnish front for a renewed assault.

verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of renew.

Other Word Forms

• renewedly adverb
• quasi-renewed adjective
• unrenewed adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of renewed¹

renew ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

Since October 2023, landlocked Ethiopia has been pushing for renewed access to the Red Sea, arguing that it had erred in relinquishing control of ports to Eritrea at the time of its independence.

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Lecornu's shock resignation on Monday left France in renewed political turmoil, 18 months before the end of Macron's second term in office.

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In such an environment, gold's role as a hedge against uncertainty "gains renewed importance," he said.

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"It is hard to look like a renewed party though when so many of the key people are well known from the last government when it was comprehensively dumped from power."

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There is renewed focus around safety at places of worship following the attack outside a synagogue in Manchester on Thursday, in which two Jewish people were killed.

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