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Narrator: Today's word is "Refurbish" — verb, pronounced /ˌriːˈfɜːbɪʃ/, with the stress on "fur".
Narrator: To refurbish is to repair, clean and decorate something so it looks and works like new.
Narrator: In plain English, it means do it up.
Narrator: It joins re with furbish, an old word meaning to polish.
Narrator: A common collocation is "refurbished phone", which describes a used phone restored for resale.
Narrator: It differs from "rebuild", because refurbishing improves what exists, rather than building again.
Narrator: In a second sense, refurbished can suggest good value and less waste.
Narrator: Property, retail, electronics and hospitality all rely on the word.
Narrator: So remember: refurbish means make it like new.
Speaker A: Is your laptop brand new?
Speaker B: REFURBISHED! It joins re and furbish, to polish.
Speaker A: Works perfectly?
Speaker B: And half the price.
Speaker A: Example sentences?
Speaker B: "The hotel was refurbished last year", travel. "Buy refurbished to save money", a tip. "They refurbished the old library", community.
Speaker A: Common mistakes?
Speaker B: Spell it "refurbish", not "refurnish".
Speaker A: Close relatives?
Speaker B: Renovate is its cousin, restore its twin, and do up an alternative — yet refurbish keeps its shiny charm!
Speaker B: Let's use "refurbish" in AI prompts — useful for e-commerce and property planning.
Speaker A: How for e-commerce?
Speaker B: Grade items.
Prompt: Write condition descriptions for refurbished phones graded A, B and C.
Speaker A: And property?
Speaker B: Plan budgets.
Prompt: Create a budget plan to refurbish a two-bedroom flat’s kitchen and bathroom.
Speaker A: Could it help sustainability?
Speaker B: Yes, for claims.
Prompt: Estimate the carbon saved by buying a refurbished laptop instead of a new one.
Speaker A: One more?
Speaker B: Scheduling.
Prompt: Plan a hotel refurbishment in phases so half the rooms stay open.
Refurbish — meaning in Arabic & definition More R courses GL Dictionary