Meaning of restore In English

• 0 to return something or someone to an earlier good condition or position:

  • The badly neglected paintings have all been carefully restored.

  • After a week in bed, she was fully restored to health (= she felt healthy again).

  • The former leader was today restored to power in the first free elections for 20 years.

  • Doctors have restored his sight.

  • The government is trying to restore public confidence in its management of the economy.

  • Some people are in favour of restoring capital punishment for murderers.

  • The painting was restored to its rightful owner.

• 1 to return something or someone to an earlier condition or position, or to bring something back into existence:

  • Power company crews were working yesterday to restore electrical service to homes in the area.

  • Surgeons restored the sight in her right eye.

• 2 to return something to an earlier good condition or position:

  • The big unions want the historic link between basic state pensions and average earnings restored.

  • restore sth to sth If you take totally abandoned land, you could restore it to profitability after about three years.

  • The company was restored to financial health.

• 3 to make it possible for someone to have a quality or ability again that they have not had for a long time:

  • restore confidence/faith The move by the US Federal Reserve this week to cut interest rates has restored a lot of public confidence.

  • The firm is battling to restore its reputation after the scandal.

• 4 to give something that has been lost or taken, or money that is owed, back to the person it belongs to:

  • The painting was restored to its rightful owner.

  • The banks have restored the company's finances by deferring repayment of £588m of loans and interest.

  • If the economy picks up, he expects to restore funding to road projects.

• 5 to bring back into use something that has been absent for a period of time:

  • We need to restore competition to the operating-system and browser markets.

  • restore growth/profitability