revival
restoration to life, consciousness, vigor, strength, etc.
restoration to use, acceptance, or currency: the revival of old customs.
a new production of an old play.
a showing of an old motion picture.
an awakening, in a church or community, of interest in and care for matters relating to personal religion.
an evangelistic service or a series of services for the purpose of effecting a religious awakening: to hold a revival.
the act of reviving.
the state of being revived.
Law. the reestablishment of legal force and effect.
Origin of revival
1Other words from revival
- non·re·viv·al, noun
- pre·re·viv·al, noun, adjective
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How to use revival in a sentence
Local baseball entertainment is at the heart of countless downtown revivals.
Can Small-Town America Survive Pandemic’s Hit to Minor League Baseball? | Charu Kasturi | September 14, 2020 | Ozy“I spent a lot of time with Helen even before we started writing the script,” says Moon, adding that they’d go for walks, get lunch together, and that she was able to join Reddy during something of a revival tour.
Inside ‘I Am Woman’: A new biopic tells the story of Helen Reddy and her famous song | radmarya | September 10, 2020 | FortuneAt a time of protest live-streams and breaking news notifications, there has been an unlikely revival of the old-school print newspaper in Hong Kong.
In Hong Kong, people are buying newspapers to look at the ads | Mary Hui | September 8, 2020 | QuartzThe late Adam Parfrey, Feral House publisher, trod similar ground with his revival of 1950s police gazettes and girlie mags.
However, it is likely that this figure would have been even higher, had it not been for the tax revenues from that better-than-expected retail revival.
Retail continues to charge back, this time in the U.K. But clothing, fuel sales lag | David Meyer | August 21, 2020 | Fortune
Since then, Jamshed, like much of the country he once honored in song, has gone through a religious revival.
Disco Mullah Blasphemy Row Highlights Pakistan’s Hypocrisy | Shaheen Pasha | December 21, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIsaacs grew up in Britain, first Liverpool, then London, during a period of economic turmoil and conservative revival.
Lisa Kudrow - The Comeback How—HOW—is Lisa Kudrow not a nominee for the revival of The Comeback?
15 Enraging Golden Globe TV Snubs and Surprises: Amy Poehler, 'Mad Men' & More | Kevin Fallon | December 11, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTNazi t-shirts are also very popular in Thailand, which is one step away from staging a revival of Springtime For Hitler.
Hitler is Huge in Thailand: Chicken Joints, T-Shirts, and A Govt.-Issued Propaganda Video | Marlow Stern | December 10, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTYet, in pursuit of that ‘great revival of art,’ his anxiety, depression, and overall health began to deteriorate.
Decoding Vincent Van Gogh’s Tempestuous, Fragile Mind | Nick Mafi | December 7, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHowever great the power of revival, there is no memory unless there was a First Impression.
Assimilative Memory | Marcus Dwight Larrowe (AKA Prof. A. Loisette)The first and most prominent thing which strikes an observer, is, the undoubted general revival of trade and commerce.
The object and the means were the revival of the nautical labourer of twenty years before.
Life of Richard Trevithick, Volume II (of 2) | Francis TrevithickMemory, which implies a former conscious experience, its retention, revival and recognition.
Gospel Philosophy | J. H. WardThe undeniably great success of this new Provençal literature justifies completely the revival of the dialect.
Frdric Mistral | Charles Alfred Downer
British Dictionary definitions for revival
/ (rɪˈvaɪvəl) /
the act or an instance of reviving or the state of being revived
an instance of returning to life or consciousness; restoration of vigour or vitality
a renewed use, acceptance of, or interest in (past customs, styles, etc): a revival of learning; the Gothic revival
a new production of a play that has not been recently performed
a reawakening of faith or renewal of commitment to religion
an evangelistic meeting or service intended to effect such a reawakening in those present
the re-establishment of legal validity, as of a judgment, contract, etc
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Cultural definitions for revival
In Christianity, an energetic meeting intended to “revive” religious faith. Common among fundamentalists, these meetings are characterized by impassioned preaching and singing.
The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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