restore

Academic Word List, sublist 8.

About 10.95 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To reestablish, or bring back into existence.

   to restore harmony among those who are at variance

2. verb To bring back to good condition from a state of decay or ruin.
3. verb To give or bring back (that which has been lost or taken); to bring back to the owner; to replace.
4. verb To give in place of, or as restitution for.
5. verb To recover (data, etc.) from a backup.

   There was a crash last night, and we're still restoring the file system.

6. verb To bring (a note) back to its original signification.
7. verb To make good; to make amends for.
8. noun The act of recovering data or a system from a backup.

   We backed up the data successfully, but the restore failed.

Similar words

reinstate reestablish restitute regenerate repair mend touch on fix bushel doctor

Often followed by

the to it order a his them him their and

Word family

reschedule rescheduled reschedules rescheduling restoration restored restorer restorers restores restoring