| refresh | | |
| v. (cognition) | 1. brush up, refresh, review | refresh one's memory.; "I reviewed the material before the test" |
| ~ recall, recollect, remember, call back, call up, retrieve, think | recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection.; "I can't remember saying any such thing"; "I can't think what her last name was"; "can you remember her phone number?"; "Do you remember that he once loved you?"; "call up memories" |
| v. (change) | 2. freshen, refresh | make (to feel) fresh.; "The cool water refreshed us" |
| ~ ventilate, air out, vent, air | expose to cool or cold air so as to cool or freshen.; "air the old winter clothes"; "air out the smoke-filled rooms" |
| ~ regenerate, renew | reestablish on a new, usually improved, basis or make new or like new.; "We renewed our friendship after a hiatus of twenty years"; "They renewed their membership" |
| v. (body) | 3. freshen, freshen up, refresh, refreshen | become or make oneself fresh again.; "She freshened up after the tennis game" |
| ~ wash up, lave | wash one's face and hands.; "She freshened up in the bathroom" |
| ~ change | undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature.; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night" |
| v. (body) | 4. freshen, refresh, refreshen | make fresh again. |
| ~ alter, change, modify | cause to change; make different; cause a transformation.; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" |
| renew | | |
| v. (creation) | 1. regenerate, renew | reestablish on a new, usually improved, basis or make new or like new.; "We renewed our friendship after a hiatus of twenty years"; "They renewed their membership" |
| ~ replace | substitute a person or thing for (another that is broken or inefficient or lost or no longer working or yielding what is expected).; "He replaced the old razor blade"; "We need to replace the secretary that left a month ago"; "the insurance will replace the lost income"; "This antique vase can never be replaced" |
| ~ freshen up, refurbish, renovate | make brighter and prettier.; "we refurbished the guest wing"; "My wife wants us to renovate" |
| ~ revamp | to patch up or renovate; repair or restore.; "They revamped their old house before selling it" |
| ~ remould, retread, remold | give new treads to (a tire). |
| ~ renovate, restitute | restore to a previous or better condition.; "They renovated the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel" |
| ~ freshen, refresh | make (to feel) fresh.; "The cool water refreshed us" |
| ~ revitalise, revitalize | give new life or vigor to. |
| ~ restore, regenerate, rejuvenate | return to life; get or give new life or energy.; "The week at the spa restored me" |
| ~ modernize, modernise, overhaul | make repairs, renovations, revisions or adjustments to.; "You should overhaul your car engine"; "overhaul the health care system" |
| ~ re-create | create anew.; "Re-create the boom of the West on a small scale" |
| ~ restore, reconstruct | return to its original or usable and functioning condition.; "restore the forest to its original pristine condition" |
| v. (change) | 2. reincarnate, renew | cause to appear in a new form.; "the old product was reincarnated to appeal to a younger market" |
| ~ restore, regenerate, rejuvenate | return to life; get or give new life or energy.; "The week at the spa restored me" |
| upgrade | | |
| n. (object) | 1. acclivity, ascent, climb, raise, rise, upgrade | an upward slope or grade (as in a road).; "the car couldn't make it up the rise" |
| ~ incline, slope, side | an elevated geological formation.; "he climbed the steep slope"; "the house was built on the side of a mountain" |
| ~ uphill | the upward slope of a hill. |
| n. (communication) | 2. upgrade | software that provides better performance than an earlier version did. |
| ~ computer software, software, software package, software program, software system, package | (computer science) written programs or procedures or rules and associated documentation pertaining to the operation of a computer system and that are stored in read/write memory.; "the market for software is expected to expand" |
| n. (cognition) | 3. upgrade | a reservation that is improved.; "I got an upgrade to first class when coach class was full" |
| ~ reservation | something reserved in advance (as a hotel accommodation or a seat on a plane etc.). |
| n. (attribute) | 4. rise, rising slope, upgrade | the property possessed by a slope or surface that rises. |
| ~ grade | the gradient of a slope or road or other surface.; "the road had a steep grade" |
| n. (artifact) | 5. upgrade | hardware that provides better performance than an earlier version did. |
| ~ computer hardware, hardware | (computer science) the mechanical, magnetic, electronic, and electrical components making up a computer system. |
| n. (act) | 6. upgrade | the act of improving something (especially machinery) by raising it to a higher grade (as by adding or replacing components).; "the power plant received a new upgrade" |
| ~ improvement | the act of improving something.; "their improvements increased the value of the property" |
| v. (cognition) | 7. upgrade | rate higher; raise in value or esteem. |
| ~ grade, rate, rank, place, range, order | assign a rank or rating to.; "how would you rank these students?"; "The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide" |
| v. (change) | 8. upgrade | to improve what was old or outdated.; "I've upgraded my computer so I can run better software"; "The company upgraded their personnel" |
| ~ ameliorate, improve, meliorate, amend, better | to make better.; "The editor improved the manuscript with his changes" |
| v. (social) | 9. advance, elevate, kick upstairs, promote, raise, upgrade | give a promotion to or assign to a higher position.; "John was kicked upstairs when a replacement was hired"; "Women tend not to advance in the major law firms"; "I got promoted after many years of hard work" |
| ~ assign, delegate, designate, depute | give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person). |
| ~ tenure | give life-time employment to.; "She was tenured after she published her book" |
| ~ bring up | promote from a lower position or rank.; "This player was brought up to the major league" |
| ~ spot promote | promote on the spot.; "Supreme Bishop Digby had been spot-promoted to Archangel" |
| ~ ennoble, gentle, entitle | give a title to someone; make someone a member of the nobility. |
| ~ favor, favour, prefer | promote over another.; "he favors his second daughter" |
| ~ brevet | promote somebody by brevet, in the military. |
| v. (change) | 10. upgrade | get better travel conditions.; "I upgraded to First Class when Coach Class was overbooked" |
| ~ ameliorate, improve, meliorate, better | get better.; "The weather improved toward evening" |
| ~ upgrade | give better travel conditions to.; "The airline upgraded me when I arrived late and Coach Class was full" |
| v. (change) | 11. upgrade | give better travel conditions to.; "The airline upgraded me when I arrived late and Coach Class was full" |
| ~ ameliorate, improve, meliorate, amend, better | to make better.; "The editor improved the manuscript with his changes" |
| ~ upgrade | get better travel conditions.; "I upgraded to First Class when Coach Class was overbooked" |
| recent | | |
| n. (time) | 1. holocene, holocene epoch, recent, recent epoch | approximately the last 10,000 years. |
| ~ age of man, quaternary, quaternary period | last 2 million years. |
| ~ epoch | a unit of geological time that is a subdivision of a period and is itself divided into ages. |
| adj. | 2. recent | new.; "recent graduates"; "a recent addition to the house"; "recent buds on the apple trees" |
| ~ new | not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered.; "a new law"; "new cars"; "a new comet"; "a new friend"; "a new year"; "the New World" |
| adj. | 3. late, recent | of the immediate past or just previous to the present time.; "a late development"; "their late quarrel"; "his recent trip to Africa"; "in recent months"; "a recent issue of the journal" |
| ~ past | earlier than the present time; no longer current.; "time past"; "his youth is past"; "this past Thursday"; "the past year" |
| lately | | |
| adv. | 1. late, lately, latterly, of late, recently | in the recent past.; "he was in Paris recently"; "lately the rules have been enforced"; "as late as yesterday she was fine"; "feeling better of late"; "the spelling was first affected, but latterly the meaning also" |
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