Meaning of revival | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The act of reviving, or the state of being revived
2. The act of reviving, or the state of being revived.
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3. Reanimation from a state of languor or depression; applied to health, a person's spirits, etc
4. Reanimation from a state of languor or depression; applied to health, a person's spirits, etc.
   countable, uncountable
5. Renewed interest, performance, cultivation, or flourishing state of something, as of culture, commerce, agriculture
6. Renewed interest, performance, cultivation, or flourishing state of something, as of culture, commerce, agriculture.
   countable, uncountable
7. Renewed prevalence of something, as a practice or a fashion
8. Renewed prevalence of something, as a practice or a fashion.
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9. Renewed interest in religion, after indifference and decline; a period of religious awakening; special religious interest. A Christian religious meeting held to inspire active members of a church body or to gain new converts
10. Renewed interest in religion, after indifference and decline; a period of religious awakening; special religious interest.
    countable, uncountable
11. A Christian religious meeting held to inspire active members of a church body or to gain new converts.
    countable, uncountable
12. Restoration of force, validity, or effect; renewal; reinstatement of a legal action.
    countable, uncountable
13. Revivification, as of a metal.
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14. Type of sequence on TV media with the objective to end a cancelled production.
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Equivalents

Examples

“It is hard to sell a democratic partnership of nations from a stall that only stocks Conservative governments. Unionism needs a Labour revival in England.”

“post-punk revival”

“The Met's recent revival of Jürgen Flimm's powerful production of Beethoven's “Fidelio,” another highlight of the 2000-1 season, was a similar letdown. But revivals of great productions don't always have to be disappointments, as the Met's current presentation of Poulenc's “Dialogues des Carmélites” makes clear.”

“But then, this isn’t even the first time these genres are back, back, back. As DJ Ben UFO says: “There have been ‘jungle revivals’ regularly for at least as long as I’ve been DJing.””

“After crossing the flatlands Lincoln, with its magnificent hilltop cathedral, comes into view before we pull into the station, with its lovely Tudor revival-style buildings.”

“the revival of hot pants”

“Kat Frey, a 25-year-old copywriter who lives in Brooklyn, picked up the habit last year. “We’re having a very sexy and ethereal 1980s revival, and smoking is part of that,” she said. “A lot of people I know are posting pictures doing it. I’m doing it. It’s having its moment for sure.””

“As the revivals died down in the 1740s, the revivalist camp made concessions to their opponents, admonished prorevivalists who continued with the hostilities, and generally sought to heal divisions.”

“This book offers a view into a growing movement of Islamic revival as it is taking place in the small, historically Hindu kingdom of Nepal on the northern Himalayan edge of the Indian subcontinent.”

“While masturbation was never favored in Judeo-Christian tradition, Victorian morality, along with the Great Awakening and other religious revivals in America, created a perfect storm for people to really get obsessed with it.”

“the revival of a debt barred by limitation”

“the revival of a revoked will”

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