revive
verb/rɪˈvaɪv/
/rɪˈvaɪv/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they revive | /rɪˈvaɪv/ /rɪˈvaɪv/ |
| he / she / it revives | /rɪˈvaɪvz/ /rɪˈvaɪvz/ |
| past simple revived | /rɪˈvaɪvd/ /rɪˈvaɪvd/ |
| past participle revived | /rɪˈvaɪvd/ /rɪˈvaɪvd/ |
| -ing form reviving | /rɪˈvaɪvɪŋ/ /rɪˈvaɪvɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive, transitive] to become, or to make somebody/something become, conscious or healthy and strong again
- The flowers soon revived in water.
- The economy is beginning to revive.
- revive somebody/something The paramedics couldn't revive her.
- This movie is intended to revive her flagging career.
- Attempts to revive him failed.
Extra ExamplesTopics Healthcarec1- Attempts to revive her failed and she was dead on arrival at the hospital.
- The good harvest helped revive the economic fortunes of the country.
- They revived him with cold water.
- attempts to revive falling sales
- the country's readiness to help revive the economic fortunes of its neighbours
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + revive- try to
- with
- an attempt to revive somebody
- an effort to revive somebody
- [transitive] revive something to make something start being used or done again
- This quaint custom should be revived.
- She has been trying to revive the debate over equal pay.
- The poor trade figures have revived fears of higher interest rates.
Extra Examples- The hospitality industry is keen to revive business activities after the pandemic.
- They are trying to revive some of the old customs.
- an initiative aimed at reviving talks on the country's political future
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- quickly
- recently
- try to
- help (to)
- help somebody (to)
- …
- an attempt to revive something
- an effort to revive something
- be aimed at reviving something
- …
- [transitive] revive something to produce again a play, etc. that has not been performed for some time
- This 1930s musical is being revived at the National Theatre.
see also revival
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French revivre or late Latin revivere, from Latin re- ‘back’ + vivere ‘live’.
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