revivalre‧vi‧val /rɪˈvaɪvəl/ ●○○ noun 
The US and the UK have expectations of economic revival.revival of A revival of the timber industry is needed. There has been a revival of interest in Picasso’s work.2[countable, uncountable] when something becomes popular againrevival of/in the recent revival in medieval music a revival of organized religion Traditional English food seems to be enjoying a revival at the moment.3[countable] a new production of a play that has not been performed for a long time: Neeson was excellent in a revival of Eugene O‘Neill’s ’Anna Christie'.4[countable] a revival meeting
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- a Broadway revival of "A Streetcar Named Desire"
- Hopefully, the new marketplace will spark a neighborhood economic revival.
- Opera is enjoying a revival.
- Sixties pop music enjoyed a big revival in the mid-90s.
- There's been something of an Abba revival recently.
- Built in 1923, it is a special example of mission revival architecture.
- Edwards was essentially a staid stay-at-home during the revivals.
- Jim Mitulski, pastor of the Metropolitan Community Church, where the gospel revival was held.
- No Damascene trauma lay behind that shift, nor was it to do with John Lawrence's forecasts of national spiritual revival.
- The dramatic events of Black Wednesday leave little chance of avoiding a quick revival of inflationary pressure.
Longman Language Activatorwhen something becomes popular again
when something or someone becomes popular and fashionable again, for example a kind of music, a style of clothes, a writer, or a singer: · Sixties pop music enjoyed a big revival in the mid-90s.· There's been something of an Abba revival recently.
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COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY There has been a revival of interest in Picasso’s work. Traditional English food seems to be enjoying a revival at the moment.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
1[countable, uncountable] a process in which something becomes active or strong again: There has been a revival of interest in Picasso’s work. Traditional English food seems to be enjoying a revival at the moment.· But we must hope this will change next year with economic revival abroad.· Moreover, national economic revival and the economic revitalization of distressed cities were not necessarily compatible.· President Fidel Ramos welcomed the accord as a step towards restoring political stability to the country, a precondition for economic revival.· Clinton hailed the economic revival that has taken place in New Hampshire during his presidency.· Would not a massive increase of jobs ensure that training be integrated to economic revival and be more productive in finding work?
· HIGH-RIDING Swansea swept into an eighth minute lead against a Chester side looking to continue their recent revival.· Check the fashion student who has obviously been far too heavily influenced by the recent Abba revival - Benny goes porno!· Beanpole striker Andy Smith has emerged as one of the key figures in the Diamonds' recent revival.· The recent revival of the movement began during the 1960s.
· I have a cynical notion that all religious revivals spawn from times of extreme economic disparity.· The new religious revival is fueled by a revulsion with the corruptions of contemporary society.· The second half of the nineteenth century was a time of religious revival and controversy, especially in the Low Country.· While most historians have come to call this religious revival the Great Awakening, this name came a century after the event.· Varley was one of a number of itinerant lay evangelists who emerged after the 1858-9 religious revival.· There's a religious revival in card designs, but most people opt out for holly and robins.· But the main thrust of them was towards a religious revival.
NOUN· Republican conference meetings, the closed-doors strategy sessions, have often resembled revival meetings, said Rep.· In the manner of revival meetings, the mood was alternately serious and entertaining, the outcome expectable.
VERB· Single Gloucester is another traditional cheese that is enjoying a revival.
· The revelation of Elvaston led to a topiary revival in the 1850s.· Mr Prescott said his priority would be to lead a revival in Labour's organisation, membership and finances.
The US and the UK have expectations of economic revival.revival of A revival of the timber industry is needed. There has been a revival of interest in Picasso’s work.2[countable, uncountable] when something becomes popular againrevival of/in the recent revival in medieval music a revival of organized religion Traditional English food seems to be enjoying a revival at the moment.3[countable] a new production of a play that has not been performed for a long time: Neeson was excellent in a revival of Eugene O‘Neill’s ’Anna Christie'.4[countable] a revival meeting