regenerate

Language: en

🇺🇸 /riːˈdʒɛnɜrˌeɪt/

📖 Definitions

  1. verb
    To form again or create anew; to produce again in a new or improved form.; To restore to a former, better, or more natural state; to revitalize or renew.; To regrow or replace lost or damaged tissue, organs, or body parts, as in certain animals.; To undergo spiritual rebirth or moral renewal; to be born again in a religious sense.; In chemistry or engineering, to restore a substance or material to its original active state for reuse.; In electronics, to amplify a signal by feeding back a portion of the output to the input, increasing its strength.; In thermodynamics, to recover heat from exhaust gases or waste streams and reuse it in a process.
  2. adjective
    Having been regenerated; renewed or restored to a better state.; Spiritually reborn or morally renewed.

🔗 Details

Word forms

countable Plural: regenerates 3rd sing.: regenerates Past: regenerated Past part.: regenerated Pres part.: regenerating

Collocations

regenerate tissueregenerate cellsregenerate the economyregenerate the arearegenerate lost limbs

Derivatives

regenerationregenerativeregeneratorregeneracyregenerable

Synonyms

renewrestorerevitalizerebuildrecreaterevive

Antonyms

degeneratedeterioratedecaydestroy

Commonly confused

degenerate
EN: 'Degenerate' means to decline or deteriorate, the opposite of 'regenerate' which means to renew or restore.
generate
EN: 'Generate' means to produce or create something new; 'regenerate' implies producing again or restoring something that was lost or damaged.

Spelling tips

EN: Remember the prefix 're-' + 'generate'; retain the 'e' before suffixes (regeneration, not *regenerasion). The adjective form 'regenerate' is stressed on the second syllable (re-GEN-er-ate), unlike the verb (re-GEN-er-ate).

💬 Examples

  1. The city council plans to regenerate the old industrial district into a vibrant cultural hub.

  2. The government invested billions to regenerate the declining economy.

  3. A starfish can regenerate a lost arm over the course of several months.

  4. He felt that his faith had regenerated him after years of moral decline.

  5. The catalyst can be regenerated by heating it to a high temperature.

  6. The regenerative receiver uses positive feedback to regenerate weak radio signals.

  7. The gas turbine regenerates heat from its exhaust to preheat incoming air.

  8. The regenerate tissue was indistinguishable from the original.

  9. The regenerate soul finds peace in divine grace.