regenerateverb
uk/rɪˈdʒen.ə.reɪt/us/rɪˈdʒen.ə.reɪt/regenerate verb (IMPROVE)
[ T ] to improve a place or system, especially by making it more active or successful
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Making things better
- a shot in the arm idiom
- add salt to sth idiom
- allay
- alleviate
- ameliorate
- heal
- make sb/sth over
- mitigate
- mollify
- more
- palliate
- redeem
- relieve
- salve
- spice sth up
- sting
- straighten
- straighten sb out
- streamline
- sugar-coated
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regenerate verb (GROW)
[ I or T ] specialized biology to grow again:
Tissue regenerates after skin is scratched.
A lizard can regenerate its tail.
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Becoming bigger
- accrue
- augment
- billow
- bloat
- broaden
- engorged
- enlarge
- enlargement
- expansion
- extend
- extension
- grow
- oak
- puff up
- scalability
- scalable
- scaleable
- shoot
- stretch
- supersize
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Making progress and advancing
regeneration
noun [ U ] uk/rɪˌdʒen.ərˈeɪ.ʃən/us/rɪˌdʒen.əˈreɪ.ʃən/
The council is committed to a programme of urban regeneration.
regenerative
adjective uk/rɪˈdʒen.ə.rə.tɪv/us/rɪˈdʒen.ə.rə.t̬ɪv/