📖 Definitions of "Reboot"
- 1
An instance of rebooting.
- 2
The restarting of a series' storyline, discarding all previous continuity.
- 1
To execute a computer's boot process, effectively resetting the computer and causing the operating system to reload, possibly after a system failure.
"The system reboots every weekend after updates are installed."
- 2
To start afresh.
"They rebooted the TV series, but it's even worse than the original."
- 3
Restart; to return to a an initial configuration or state.
🔄 Synonyms of "Reboot"
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💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Reboot"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| bring upverb | To mention. |
| bootnoun | (footwear) A heavy shoe that covers part of the leg. |
| reloadverb | To load (something) again. |
| bootupnoun | (computing) The process of booting up. |
| bootablenoun | (computing, of a disk, etc.) That can be booted; from which one can boot the system. |
| resettingnoun | The act by which something is reset. |
| resetnoun | To set back to the initial state. |
| initializationnoun | (uncountable) The process of preparing something to begin. |
| recommencementnoun | The act of recommencing; a second or subsequent commencement. |
| restartverb | (ambitransitive) To start again. |
| relaunchverb | To launch again. |
| recommenceverb | To begin again. |
| reopenverb | (transitive) To open (something) again. |
| resumptionnoun | The act of resuming or starting something again. |
| resumeverb | (chiefly Canada, US, Australia, Philippines) A summary or account of education and employment experiences and qualifications; a curriculum vitae (often for presentation to a potential future employer when applying for a job). |
| reviveverb | (transitive) (figurative) To cause (something) to recover from a state of decline, neglect, oblivion, or obscurity; to make (something) active or lively again; to reanimate, to revitalize. |
| reseatverb | (transitive) To seat (someone) again, to give somebody a different seat. |
| bouncenoun | (intransitive) To change the direction of motion after hitting an obstacle. |
| re-start | — |
| restartingverb | (ambitransitive) To start again. |
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