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restoring

verb
ri-STOR-ing/ɹɪˈstoɹɪŋ/UKri-STAW-ring/ɹɪˈstɔːɹɪŋ/

1 meaning of restoring

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  1. 1
    verb
    Present participle of restore.

    The museum is restoring a damaged painting from the seventeenth century.

    Restoring the wetlands will help local wildlife recover over the next decade.

    Note

    One spelling does two jobs: the verb in progressive tenses (is restoring a painting) and the gerund that works as a noun (restoring the wetlands will help). Because restore takes an object, both uses keep that object directly. Put an article in front and the object needs of instead: the restoring of the fresco. The verb's whole range carries over: buildings, lost property, data from a backup, even a musical note returned to its original value.

restoring is a form of restore

restore, verb: To bring something back to good condition after it has fallen into decay or ruin. Full entry

Forms
restorerestores he/she/itrestoring -ing formrestored past tense, past participle
Spelling
restore → restoring: drop the e, add -ing

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