- 1[uncountable, countable] an improvement in the condition or strength of something the revival of trade an economic revival a revival of interest in folk music a revival of property values
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- 2[countable, uncountable] the process of something becoming or being made popular or fashionable again a religious revival Jazz is enjoying a revival.
- 3[countable] a new production of a play, etc. that has not been performed for some time the New York City Ballet's revival of Balanchine's “Swan Lake”
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