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Meaning of Renewable | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
ɹɪˈnjuː.ə.bl̩

Definitions

  1. A thing that is renewable
  2. A renewable resource or source of energy.
  3. Relating to a natural resource, such as solar energy or wood, that is never used up or that can be replaced by new growth. Compare nonrenewable.
  4. A renewable fuse; a fuse which can be opened in order to replace the element.
  5. hernubaar مُمْكِن تَجْديدُه، قابِل للتَّجْديد обновим renovável obnovitelný erneuerbar som kan fornys; som kan forlænges ανανεώσιμοςrenovable uuendatav قابل تجدید uusittava renouvelable שֶׁנִיתָן לְחַדשוֹ जिस का नवीकरण सम्भव हो, अक्षय obnovljiv, produživ megújítható bisa diperbaharui endurnÿjanlegur rinnovabile 更新できる 갱신할 수 있는 galimas atnaujinti/pratęsti, galintis atsinaujinti atjaunojams; (par līgumu) pagarināms boleh diperbaharui hernieuwbaar, verlengbaarfornybar, utskiftbarodnawialny دنوي ك...
  6. hernuwing تَجْديد възстановяване renovação obnova die Erneuerung fornyelse; forlængelse ανανέωσηrenovación uuendamine تجدید؛ تمدید؛ بازسازس uusiminen renouvellementחידוש नवीयन obnova, produljenje megújítás pembaruan endurnÿjun rinnovamento 更新 갱신 at(si)naujinimas, pratęsimas atjaunošana; pagarināšana pembaharuan hernieuwing, verlengingfornyelse odnowienie, przedłużenie نوى توب، تازه والى renovação reînnoire обновление; продление obnova obnovitev; podaljšanje obnavljanje förnyande การกลับสู่สภา...
  7. Capable of being renewed: a renewable membership; renewable subscriptions.
  8. Relating to or being a commodity or resource, such as solar energy or firewood, that is inexhaustible or replaceable by new growth.
  9. adj contract, licence etc → erneuerbar, verlängerbar; passport, bill of exchange → verlängerbar; energy, resource → erneuerbar; (= must be renewed) → zu erneuern/verlängern; some library books are not renewable → einige Bibliotheksbücher können nicht verlängert werden
    adj contract, licence etc
  10. n renewables
    n
  11. pl → erneuerbare Energiequellen pl
    pl
  12. to begin, do, produce etc again. He renewed his efforts; We must renew our attack on drug abuse. hernieu يَسْتأنِف подновявам renovar obnovit erneuern forny; genoptage ξαναρχίζωrenovar uuesti tegema از سر گرفتن؛ احیا کردن uusia renouveler לְחַדֵש नए सिरे से बनाना oživjeti, iznova početi megújít memulai lagi hefja að nÿju rinnovare 再び始める 다시 시작하다 atnaujinti, pradėti vėl atjaunot; atsākt menghasilkan hernieuwenfornye, gjenopptaponowić نوى كول، تازه كول: بيا پيل كول، له سره نيول: بدلول renovar a ...
    etc
  13. to cause (eg a licence) to continue for another or longer period of time. My television licence has to be renewed in October. hernu يُجَدِّد подновявам renovar prodloužit erneuern forny; forlænge ανανεώνωrenovar uuendama تجدید کردن uusia renouveler לְחֵדש नवीकरण करना obnoviti megújít memperpanjang endurnÿja rinnovare 更新する 갱신하다 pratęsti atjaunot; pagarināt diteruskan verlengenfornye przedłużać نوى كول renovar a prelungi продлевать predĺžiť podaljšati obnoviti förnya ต่ออายุ yenilemek, süresini...
    eg

Equivalents

العربية المتجدّد
Català renovable
Čeština obnovitelný
Deutsch erneuerbar
Esperanto renovigebla
Suomi uusiutuva
Français renouvelable
Magyar megújuló
Íslenska endurnýjanlegur
Italiano rinnovabile
日本語 再生可能な
ქართული განახლებადი
Polski odnawialny
Português renovável
Svenska förnybar
Türkçe yenilenebilir
Українська відновлюваний

Examples

“Klein diagnoses impressively what hasn’t worked. No more claptrap about fracked gas as a bridge to renewables. Enough already of the international summit meetings that produce sirocco-quality hot air, and nonbinding agreements that bind us all to more emissions.”
“You'll find the link can be removed from a "Union" Renewable and replaced before most fuses can be taken apart.”
“It is a pretty safe bet that he can show you where you are using fuses of the wrong type (renewables for non-renewables and vice versa ) -or where fuses that ought to be good for twenty or more renewals are ready for the scrap”
“Here is a newly designed All-Purpose Superfuse. Use it wherever you need One-Times, Renewables or Dual Element fuses.”

CEFR level

C2
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