refurbish

CEFRC1

/ɹiːˈfɜːbɪʃ/

verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    To clean and repair something to make it look new.

  2. 02

    verb

    Extra detail

    A refurbishment.

Examples

  • David took a loan to refurbish his home.

  • I want you to refurbish the house.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
3
Parts of speech
1
Citations
1
Synonyms
1

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meaning

  1. To rebuild or replenish with all new material; to restore to original (or better) working order and appearance.

More examples

In context

  • We're having the sitting room refurbished, after a leak damaged a large part of the room.

  • My bedroom needs a refurbish.

  • He also makes the point that in France, SNCF is currently refurbishing some TGVs built in 1988.

Synonyms

Quick test

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Question 1 · Quick check

The hotel decided to blank all the old rooms with new furniture and paint.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

verb

1605, from re- + furbish, from Middle English furbishen, from Middle French forbir (stem furbiss-, “to clean, polish”), from Frankish *furbēn (“to clean, polish”).