Dictionary

restore en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ɹɪˈstoɹ/ (General-American)
• rĭstôʹ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ɹɪˈstɔː/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ɹɪˈstoə/ non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
• rĭstôrʹ (General-American)
• rĭstōrʹ rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
• (US) audio
• /ɹɪˈsto(ː)ɹ/ rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger

Etymology

From Middle English restoren, from Old French restorer, from Latin rēstaurāre. By surface analysis, re- + store.

Meanings

1. The act of recovering data or a system from a backup.
   • We backed up the data successfully, but the restore failed.

Forms

Relateds

restoration · restorer · restorative

restore en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ɹɪˈstoɹ/ (General-American)
• rĭstôʹ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ɹɪˈstɔː/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ɹɪˈstoə/ non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
• rĭstôrʹ (General-American)
• rĭstōrʹ rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
• (US) audio
• /ɹɪˈsto(ː)ɹ/ rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger

Etymology

From Middle English restoren, from Old French restorer, from Latin rēstaurāre. By surface analysis, re- + store.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To reestablish, or bring back into existence.
   • to restore harmony among those who are at variance
   • He restored my lost faith in him by doing a good deed.
2. (transitive) To bring back to good condition from a state of decay or ruin.
   • and his hand was restored whole as the other 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Mark iii:5:
   • our fortune restored after the severest afflictions 1718, Mat[thew] Prior, “Solomon on the Vanity of the World. A Poem in Three Books.”, in Poems on Several Occasions, London: […] Jacob Tonson […], and John Barber […], →OCLC, (please specify the page):
3. (transitive) To give or bring back (that which has been lost or taken); to bring back to the owner; to replace.
   • The father banish;d virtue shall restore. 1697, Virgil, “Tityrus and Meliboeus”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:
   • Now therefore restore the man his wife. 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis xx:7:
   • Loss of Eden, till one greater man / Restore us, and regain the blissful seat. 1667, John Milton, “Book I”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
   • The plain appears like paradiſe reſtored, where the proud cypreſs and tall arreca ſeem walking by the margin of the paſſing ſtream. 1769, Firishta, translated by Alexander Dow, Tales translated from the Persian of Inatulla of Delhi, volume I, Dublin: P. and W. Wilson et al., page iv:
4. (transitive) To give in place of, or as restitution for.
   • He shall restore five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep. 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Exodus xxii:1:
5. (transitive) To recover (data, etc.) from a backup.
   • There was a crash last night, and we're still restoring the file system.
6. (transitive) To bring (a note) back to its original signification.
7. (obsolete) To make good; to make amends for.
   • But if the while I think on thee, dear friend, / All losses are restored, and sorrows end. 1609, William Shakespeare, “Sonnet 30”, in Shake-speares Sonnets. […], London: By G[eorge] Eld for T[homas] T[horpe] and are to be sold by William Aspley, →OCLC:

Forms

Deriveds

restorement · restorable · restorability · unrestore · restoral · overrestore · misrestore · rerestore

Synonyms

reinstate · give back · put to rights · return · render · refurbish · renovate · remit · renew · revamp · right · fix · rectify · deconvert · retrieve · recondition · furbish · roll back · fix up · correct · return · mend · revest · reconvert · restore · surrender · revert · restore · restitute · remedy · reform · restrive · give back · patch · make whole · remediate · rehabilitate · amend · fix · restore

Translations (145)

ar اِسْتَعَادَ (to bring back to a previous condition or state) · nl herstellen (to bring back to a previous condition or state) · eo restaŭri (to bring back to a previous condition or state) · kk қалыптастыру (to reestablish, or bring back into existence) · fr restituer (to give back, or make restitution) · sk obnoviť (to reestablish, or bring back into existence) · it rimettere (to reestablish, or bring back into existence) · de wiederherstellen (to reestablish, or bring back into existence) · hi बहाल करना (to reestablish, or bring back into existence) · it ristabilire (to bring back to a previous condition or state) · bg реставри́рам (to bring back to a previous condition or state) · pt recuperar (to bring back to a previous condition or state) · sv återställa (to reestablish, or bring back into existence) · la restituō (to reestablish, or bring back into existence) · da genskabe (to reestablish, or bring back into existence) · fi palauttaa (to bring back to a previous condition or state) · ja 取り戻す (to bring back to a previous condition or state) · cs obnovovat (to reestablish, or bring back into existence) · fr restaurer (to reestablish, or bring back into existence) · bg реституи́рам (to give back, or make restitution) · da genskabe (to bring back to a previous condition or state) · ko 회복시키다 (to reestablish, or bring back into existence) · grc ἀνορθόω (to reestablish, or bring back into existence) · hu restaurál (to bring back to a previous condition or state) · eo redoni (to give back, or make restitution) · bg възстановявам (to reestablish, or bring back into existence) · fi palauttaa (to reestablish, or bring back into existence) · sv återställ (to bring back to a previous condition or state) · ru восстанови́ть (to bring back to a previous condition or state) · eo restaŭri (to reestablish, or bring back into existence) · sl povrniti (to give back, or make restitution) · hu helyreállít (to bring back to a previous condition or state) · zdj uruɗisha (to reestablish, or bring back into existence) · hy վերականգնել (to bring back to a previous condition or state) · km ស្តារ (to bring back to a previous condition or state) · he הֶחְזִיר (to bring back to a previous condition or state) · be аднаўля́ць (to reestablish, or bring back into existence) · hu helyreállít (to reestablish, or bring back into existence) · ca restaurar (to bring back to a previous condition or state) · cy adfer (to reestablish, or bring back into existence) · it dare indietro (to give back, or make restitution) · it riportare (to reestablish, or bring back into existence) · be аднаві́ць (to reestablish, or bring back into existence) · eu zaharberritu (to bring back to a previous condition or state) · es restablecer (to reestablish, or bring back into existence) · mi whakahaumanu (to bring back to a previous condition or state) · tr onarmak (to bring back to a previous condition or state) · el επιστρέφω (to give back, or make restitution) · lv restaurēt (to bring back to a previous condition or state) · la reddō (to give back, or make restitution) · ka აღადგენს (to reestablish, or bring back into existence) · pt restaurar (to reestablish, or bring back into existence) · cs opravovat (to reestablish, or bring back into existence) · ru реставри́ровать (to reestablish, or bring back into existence) · fi entisöidä (to bring back to a previous condition or state) · hu visszaad (to give back, or make restitution) · sv återställ (to give back, or make restitution) · fr rétablir (to reestablish, or bring back into existence) · cy adfer (to give back, or make restitution) · la restaurō (to reestablish, or bring back into existence) · ja 立て直す (to reestablish, or bring back into existence) · pl przywrócić (to reestablish, or bring back into existence) · pt restituir (to give back, or make restitution) · ro restaura (to bring back to a previous condition or state) · el αποκαθιστώ (to reestablish, or bring back into existence) · cmn 修復 /修复 (to bring back to a previous condition or state) · uk відновля́ти (to reestablish, or bring back into existence) · ko 재건하다 (to reestablish, or bring back into existence) · zza anewe kerden (to give back, or make restitution) · uk віднови́ти (to reestablish, or bring back into existence) · pl odnowić (to bring back to a previous condition or state) · fr rendre (to give back, or make restitution) · cy adfer (to bring back to a previous condition or state) · cmn 恢復 /恢复 (to reestablish, or bring back into existence) · eo restarigi (to reestablish, or bring back into existence) · mi haumanu (to bring back to a previous condition or state) · kmr vegerandin (to reestablish, or bring back into existence) · el επαναφέρω (to bring back to a previous condition or state) · it restituire (to give back, or make restitution) · pl przywracać (to reestablish, or bring back into existence) · uk відно́влювати (to reestablish, or bring back into existence) · sh obnávljati (to bring back to a previous condition or state) · ja 再建する (to reestablish, or bring back into existence) · io restaurar (to bring back to a previous condition or state) · grc ἀποδίδωμι (to give back, or make restitution) · ka შეაკეთებს (to bring back to a previous condition or state) · ru восстана́вливать (to reestablish, or bring back into existence) · ru восстанови́ть (to reestablish, or bring back into existence) · bg възвърна (to reestablish, or bring back into existence) · pl odnawiać (to bring back to a previous condition or state) · mi tāmata (to bring back to a previous condition or state) · nl terugzetten (to bring back to a previous condition or state) · sk obnovovať (to reestablish, or bring back into existence) · oc restaurar (to bring back to a previous condition or state) · sh obnòviti (to bring back to a previous condition or state) · tr tamir etmek (to bring back to a previous condition or state) · hy վերականգնել (to reestablish, or bring back into existence) · az bərpa etmək (to reestablish, or bring back into existence) · gl restaurar (to bring back to a previous condition or state) · da genoprette (to reestablish, or bring back into existence) · zza timar kerden (to reestablish, or bring back into existence) · da gendanne (to bring back to a previous condition or state) · it riportare (to bring back to a previous condition or state) · da genoprette (to bring back to a previous condition or state) · it ristabilire (to reestablish, or bring back into existence) · la referō (to bring back to a previous condition or state) · sh обна́вљати (to bring back to a previous condition or state) · sl restavrirati (to bring back to a previous condition or state) · de restaurieren (to reestablish, or bring back into existence) · es restaurar (to bring back to a previous condition or state) · et ennistama (to bring back to a previous condition or state) · fi palauttaa (to give back, or make restitution) · vi khôi phục (to bring back to a previous condition or state) · de restaurieren (to bring back to a previous condition or state) · zza restore kerden (to bring back to a previous condition or state) · fi peruskorjata (to bring back to a previous condition or state) · io riestablisar (to reestablish, or bring back into existence) · az bərpa etmək (to bring back to a previous condition or state) · cs opravit (to reestablish, or bring back into existence) · it restaurare (to reestablish, or bring back into existence) · hu restaurál (to reestablish, or bring back into existence) · it ritornare (to give back, or make restitution) · mi tāmata (to reestablish, or bring back into existence) · bg възстановя (to reestablish, or bring back into existence) · sk obnovovať (to bring back to a previous condition or state) · mi whakahou (to reestablish, or bring back into existence) · sk obnoviť (to bring back to a previous condition or state) · nl restaureren (to bring back to a previous condition or state) · cy edfryd (to give back, or make restitution) · ja 復旧させる (to bring back to a previous condition or state) · mi whakamātūtū (to bring back to a previous condition or state) · pt restaurar (to bring back to a previous condition or state) · fi restauroida (to bring back to a previous condition or state) · ko 복구하다 (to bring back to a previous condition or state) · it rimettere (to bring back to a previous condition or state) · ru восстана́вливать (to bring back to a previous condition or state) · ka აღადგენს (to bring back to a previous condition or state) · vi phục hồi (to bring back to a previous condition or state) · mi whakaauraki (to give back, or make restitution) · lt atstatyti (to reestablish, or bring back into existence) · bg реставрирам (to reestablish, or bring back into existence) · cs obnovit (to reestablish, or bring back into existence) · bg възвръщам (to reestablish, or bring back into existence) · fr rétablir (to bring back to a previous condition or state) · sh обно̀вити (to bring back to a previous condition or state)