renewable English · revision 15012

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=1727}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: UK /rɪˈnjuː.ə.bəl/, US /rɪˈnuː.ə.bəl/^(LDOCE 2009)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed from [[renew]] and [[-able]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Capable of being renewed, as a lease: 1727.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Merriam-Webster dates its first use to 1869.^(MWU 2024) Of a source of energy, not depleted by use, it is attested by 1971,^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) and the noun, a renewable source of energy, often in the plural, from 1974.^(OED 1989)^(Chambers 2008)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1727 – capable of being renewed.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)

+ * 1971 – renewable energy.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)

+ * 1974 – renewables (noun).^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Capable of being renewed: ''a renewable lease''.^(AHD)^(MWU 2024)

+ # Of energy or a resource, not used up when used, or replaced by natural cycles: ''renewable energy''.^(AHD)^(COED 2004)^(MWU 2024)

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+ ===Noun===

+ # A renewable source of energy, usually in the plural.^(OED 1989)^(Chambers 2008)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[renewability]]

+ * [[renewably]]

+ * [[nonrenewable]]

+ * [[unrenewable]]

+ * [[renewable energy]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[renew]]

+ * [[new]]

+ * [[renewal]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}