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Meaning of "refurbish" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF REFURBISH

refurbish  [riːˈfɜːbɪʃ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF REFURBISH

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Refurbish is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb refurbish in English.

WHAT DOES REFURBISH MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Refurbishment

Refurbishment may refer to: ▪ Refurbishment ▪ Antiques restoration ▪ Automotive restoration...

Definition of refurbish in the English dictionary

The definition of refurbish in the dictionary is to make neat, clean, or complete, as by renovating, re-equipping, or restoring.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO REFURBISH

PRESENT

Present
I refurbish
you refurbish
he/she/it refurbishes
we refurbish
you refurbish
they refurbish
Present continuous
I am refurbishing
you are refurbishing
he/she/it is refurbishing
we are refurbishing
you are refurbishing
they are refurbishing
Present perfect
I have refurbished
you have refurbished
he/she/it has refurbished
we have refurbished
you have refurbished
they have refurbished
Present perfect continuous
I have been refurbishing
you have been refurbishing
he/she/it has been refurbishing
we have been refurbishing
you have been refurbishing
they have been refurbishing
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I refurbished
you refurbished
he/she/it refurbished
we refurbished
you refurbished
they refurbished
Past continuous
I was refurbishing
you were refurbishing
he/she/it was refurbishing
we were refurbishing
you were refurbishing
they were refurbishing
Past perfect
I had refurbished
you had refurbished
he/she/it had refurbished
we had refurbished
you had refurbished
they had refurbished
Past perfect continuous
I had been refurbishing
you had been refurbishing
he/she/it had been refurbishing
we had been refurbishing
you had been refurbishing
they had been refurbishing
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will refurbish
you will refurbish
he/she/it will refurbish
we will refurbish
you will refurbish
they will refurbish
Future continuous
I will be refurbishing
you will be refurbishing
he/she/it will be refurbishing
we will be refurbishing
you will be refurbishing
they will be refurbishing
Future perfect
I will have refurbished
you will have refurbished
he/she/it will have refurbished
we will have refurbished
you will have refurbished
they will have refurbished
Future perfect continuous
I will have been refurbishing
you will have been refurbishing
he/she/it will have been refurbishing
we will have been refurbishing
you will have been refurbishing
they will have been refurbishing
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would refurbish
you would refurbish
he/she/it would refurbish
we would refurbish
you would refurbish
they would refurbish
Conditional continuous
I would be refurbishing
you would be refurbishing
he/she/it would be refurbishing
we would be refurbishing
you would be refurbishing
they would be refurbishing
Conditional perfect
I would have refurbish
you would have refurbish
he/she/it would have refurbish
we would have refurbish
you would have refurbish
they would have refurbish
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been refurbishing
you would have been refurbishing
he/she/it would have been refurbishing
we would have been refurbishing
you would have been refurbishing
they would have been refurbishing
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you refurbish
we let´s refurbish
you refurbish
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to refurbish
Past participle
refurbished
Present Participle
refurbishing
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH REFURBISH


bish
bɪʃ
bobbish
ˈbɒbɪʃ
boobish
ˈbuːbɪʃ
clubbish
ˈklʌbɪʃ
cubbish
ˈkʌbɪʃ
drabbish
ˈdræbɪʃ
dweebish
ˈdwiːbɪʃ
furbish
ˈfɜːbɪʃ
Globish
ˈɡləʊbɪʃ
hobbish
ˈhɒbɪʃ
mobbish
ˈmɒbɪʃ
nabobish
ˈneɪbɒbɪʃ
nebbish
ˈnɛbɪʃ
rubbish
ˈrʌbɪʃ
slobbish
ˈslɒbɪʃ
snobbish
ˈsnɒbɪʃ
snubbish
ˈsnʌbɪʃ
squabbish
ˈskwɒbɪʃ
tubbish
ˈtʌbɪʃ
yobbish
ˈjɒbɪʃ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE REFURBISH

refulgence
refulgency
refulgent
refulgently
refund
refundability
refundable
refunder
refundment
refurb
refurbisher
refurbishing
refurbishment
refurnish
refusable
refusal
refuse
refuse bin
refuse chute
refuse collection

WORDS THAT END LIKE REFURBISH

British
Danish
dish
English
establish
fetish
finish
Finnish
fish
garden rubbish
household rubbish
Irish
on the parish
polish
publish
Spanish
stylish
Swedish
Turkish
wish

Synonyms and antonyms of refurbish in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «REFURBISH»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «refurbish» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of refurbish

Translation of «refurbish» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF REFURBISH

Find out the translation of refurbish to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of refurbish from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «refurbish» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

翻新 >
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

renovar
570 millions of speakers

English

refurbish
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

refurbish
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تجديد
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Освежить
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

renovar
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পুনরায় পালিশ করা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

rénover
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Membaik pulih
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

renovieren
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

改装する
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

새로 꾸미다
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Refurbish
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tân trang
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

புதுப்பித்துக்காட்ட
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

नूतनीकृत
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yenilemek
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

rinnovare
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

remont
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

освіжити
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

renovarea
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ανακαινίσουν
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

knap
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

renovera
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

oppussing
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of refurbish

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «REFURBISH»

The term «refurbish» is quite widely used and occupies the 47.090 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of refurbish
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «REFURBISH» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «refurbish» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «refurbish» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about refurbish

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «REFURBISH»

Discover the use of refurbish in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to refurbish and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
How to Refurbish an Old Romance: And, Once Upon a Shopping ...
How to Refurbish an Old Romance by Janet Benrey: Brianna Griffith needs to deal with ugly wallpaper in her new office.
Janet Benrey, Ron Benrey, 2009
2
Dressing ship: how to furnish, refurbish, and accessorize ...
Dressing Ship has the best solutions to the special problems of furnishing a boat where free space is at a premium. 60 photographs.
Janet Groene, 1991
3
New Generation Whole-Life Costing: Property and Construction ...
Property and Construction Decision-Making Under Uncertainty Ian Ellingham, William Fawcett. THE OPTION TO REFURBISH THE OPTION TO REFURBISH THE OPTION TO REFURBISH THE OPTION TO REFURBISH THE OPTION TO ...
Ian Ellingham, William Fawcett, 2007
4
Words: A User's Guide
redecorate,. restore,. refurbish,. renovate,. rehabilitate. redecorate verb, means to change the way a room looks by repainting it, hanging new curtains or putting new wallpaper up: She'll be pondering some new colour schemes for a room that  ...
Graham Pointon, Stewart Clark, 2014
5
Security Assistance, U.S. and International Historical ...
KOGG officials stated very emphatically, that given a choice, their preference was to refurbish the vessel they already had rather than obtaining new equipment. They emphasized that new vessels were neither needed nor desired. With that ...
Michael G. Brooks, Kendall D. Gott
6
Harnessing Green IT: Principles and Practices
Instead, we should refurbish and reuse them, or dispose them in environmentally sound ways. Reuse, refurbish and recycle are the three 'Rs' of greening unwanted hardware. • Reuse. Many organizations and individuals buy new computers ...
San Murugesan, G. R. Gangadharan, 2012
7
Applied Calculus
EXAMPLE 2 Marginal Revenue and Profit You operate an iPod customizing service (a typical customized iPod might have a custom color case with blinking lights and a personalized logo). The cost to refurbish x iPods in a month is calculated ...
Stefan Waner, Steven Costenoble, 2010
8
Asset and Infrastructure Management for Airports: Primer and ...
... of lifecycle costs Estimated future lifecycle costs to acquire/create, operate, maintain, refurbish, and replace Develop AM Maintenance Strategy Identify financial inefficiencies in operations and/or maintenance through spikes in costs ( e.g., ...
‎2012
9
Sustainability in Engineering Design
End of Life Decision Chart Date Component Name Material Relative Value Low= 1 High = 10 S t a t e o f W e a r , L i f e U s a g e S t a r t M a i n t a i n R e f u r b i s h R e - U s e R e c y c l e N e w C o m p o n e n t 25% Maintain 50% Refurbish ...
Anthony Johnson, Andy Gibson, 2014
10
Picture This.....
Those that feel the big hotel resorts are the way to go, as a conservationist and an environmentalist, my recommendation is to expand, refurbish or build the closed hotels that already exist here on St. croix, for an example, carlton Hotel, clover ...
Ivan Butcher II, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «REFURBISH»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term refurbish is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Four generations refurbish Muleshoe's town mascot
"To be bestowed the honor of being asked to refurbish it, just to show the success of us,” Blayne Shipman said. “That we would be placed with such an honorary ... «KCBD-TV, Jul 15»
2
$60 Million Refurbishment of Walt Whitman Bridge Planned
Delaware River Port Authority Commissioners are expected to vote on a $60 million plan to refurbish the Walt Whitman Bridge. (Published Tuesday, July 14, ... «NBC 10 Philadelphia, Jul 15»
3
MRCB tipped to refurbish National Sports Complex for RM1 billion
However, the buildings have not undergone any significant refurbishment works since then. The Bukit Jalil stadium – now 17 years old – is still the main venue ... «The Malaysian Insider, Jul 15»
4
Courts Malaysia to refurbish 15 stores nationwide
KUALA LUMPUR: Courts Malaysia Sdn Bhd plans to invest RM15mil to refurbish its 15 stores nationwide in financial year 2016, according to chief executive ... «The Star Online, Jun 15»
5
Hibbing Men Refurbish Bikes for Those in Need
A Hibbing man and his friend have spent the past year fixing up hundreds of old, broken bikes, which will be matched up with new owners on Saturday. «WDIO-TV, Jun 15»
6
Plan to refurbish football locker room in motion
Southern Miss athletic director Bill McGillis recently told the Hattiesburg American the wheels are in motion to completely refurbish the football team's existing ... «Jackson Clarion Ledger, May 15»
7
Alstom contracted to refurbish units at Latvia's 402-MW Riga …
State utility Latvenergo AS has awarded a contract worth more than US$107.2 million to Alstom to refurbish six Kaplan units at the 402-MW Riga hydroelectric ... «HydroWorld, Apr 15»
8
NSP working on $15 million project to refurbish generator at Lingan
LINGAN - The workforce at the Lingan Generating Station has more than doubled, due to a $15 million project underway by Nova Scotia Power to refurbish one ... «Cape Breton Post, Apr 15»
9
Bid to raise £750000 to refurbish Harborough school hall
A campaign to raise £750,00 to refurbish a large school hall to create “the best performing arts space in the Harborough area” was launched this week. «Harborough Mail, Apr 15»
10
100 volunteers help refurbish RAK school
Dubai: UAE residents, who volunteered in a community initiative led by Dubai Cares, came together to refurbish a non-profit school in Ras Al Khaimah as part of ... «gulfnews.com, Mar 15»

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