Restart

//ˈɹiːˌstɑɹt// noun, verb

noun, verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act of starting something again.

    "After the restart of my browser, the problem went away."

Verb
  1. 1
    To start again. ambitransitive

    "All attempts to restart the engine failed."

  2. 2
    take up or begin anew wordnet
  3. 3
    Synonym of reboot.
  4. 4
    start an engine again, for example wordnet

Synonyms

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resumere startre-startrebeginrebeginningreboot

Antonyms

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end

Example

More examples

"The saved game appears to be damaged and cannot be used. Please quit the game and then restart after removing the save data."

Etymology

From re- + start.

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