What does resurrect mean?
Word: Resurrect
Part of Speech: Verb
Meaning: Resurrect means to bring someone back to life, or to bring back something that had disappeared or been forgotten.
Synonyms: revive, restore, bring back, renew
Antonyms: bury, abandon
Word origin: Formed from the older noun resurrection, from Latin resurgere, 'to rise again', from re- and surgere (to rise).
How do you spell resurrect?
Syllables: res - ur - rect
Tricky part: There is only one s: ressurrect, with a double s, is a common slip.
Watch out for: ressurrect, rezurrect
Memory tip: See one seed rising again from the soil: just one s comes after re, never a pair.
Resurrect in a sentence
Example 1: The film studio plans to resurrect a cartoon series from the 1990s.
Example 2: My grandfather resurrected his old bicycle with new tyres and a coat of paint.
Example 3: The village festival was resurrected after a gap of twenty years.
Fun Fact
The verb resurrect is much younger than the noun: it was formed in the 1700s, while resurrection had been in English for centuries.
Practise the CREST Way
Spellacadabra
Which word is completed by a double letter?
a) dista_ _e
b) obje_ _ive
c) resu_ _ect
d) infe_ _ion
Show answer
c) resu_ _ect. Infection and objective need ct, and distance needs nc; only one gap takes the same letter twice.
Word Puzzle
Match each word with its meaning:
1. resurrect 2. eradicate 3. emulate a. to revive something lost or gone b. to copy someone you admire c. to destroy completely
a) 1-a, 2-c, 3-b
b) 1-c, 2-a, 3-b
c) 1-b, 2-a, 3-c
d) 1-b, 2-c, 3-a
Show answer
a) 1-a, 2-c, 3-b. Eradicating wipes a thing out and emulating copies it; reviving is what resurrect does.
Word Tally
How many words in this sentence are misspelt?
The new owner hopes to resurrect the old cinema hall, which has been closed since a storm dammaged its roof and seets.
a) 1
b) 0
c) 3
d) 2
Show answer
d) 2. Damaged has one m and seats is spelt ea; those are the two slips.
Sound Check
In which word is 's' pronounced differently?
a) resurrect
b) rescue
c) result
d) resign
Show answer
b) rescue. In rescue the s is a true s; in the other three it is said like z.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. An old TV show is resurrected. Which is true?
a) It has been cancelled for ever.
b) It is being shown for the first time.
c) It is moving to a radio station.
d) It had ended and is now being made again.
Show answer
d) It had ended and is now being made again.
2. Which of these would a family most likely try to resurrect?
a) the morning school bus
b) this week's homework
c) a forgotten family recipe
d) a brand-new phone
Show answer
c) a forgotten family recipe
