restore

Other forms of restore

past tense

restored·

present participle

restoring·

third person

restores·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about restore

What does restore mean?

restore means "return to its original or usable and functioning condition". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in restore?

restore has 2 syllables: re-store. The stress falls on "store". In IPA it is /ɹɪˈstɔɹ/.

What is another word for restore?

Close synonyms include reconstruct, regenerate, rejuvenate, restitute, repair. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is restore a common word?

restore is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with restore?

3 words rhyme with restore. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.