restart
/'ri:'stɑ:t/
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Definition
- Verb:
- To begin again or anew: To start something again after it has stopped or been interrupted.
- To cause to operate again: To start an engine, machine, computer, or process once more.
Usage
- As a transitive verb (takes a direct object): You restart .
- Please restart the computer.
- They decided to restart the project from the beginning.
- As an intransitive verb (does not take a direct object): Something restarts.
- The game will restart in five minutes.
- Negotiations have restarted after a long break.
Examples
- Transitive use:
- After installing the update, you need to restart your phone.
- The referee ordered the players to restart the match.
- Intransitive use:
- The engine failed to restart.
- Production at the factory has restarted following the strike.
Advanced Usage
- "To restart from scratch": To begin something again completely from the beginning, often because previous attempts failed.
- The design was flawed, so we had to restart from scratch.
- In computing, a "restart" (noun) or "reboot" is a common procedure to clear system issues.
- A simple restart often fixes minor software glitches.
Variants and Related Words
- Restartable (adj): Capable of being restarted.
- The process is restartable at any point.
- Restart (n): The act or an instance of restarting. (Common in technical contexts).
- The system performed an automatic restart.
Synonyms
- Resume: To begin again after an interruption. (Often implies continuing from the point of stopping).
- Recommence: A more formal term for beginning again.
- Reboot: Primarily used for computers and systems to restart by reloading the operating system.
Phrasal Verbs
(The word 'restart' itself is not commonly used in phrasal verb constructions. Its meaning is typically contained in the single verb.)
Related Idioms
- Turn it off and on again: A common, informal idiom meaning to restart an electronic device to solve a problem. It is the practical instruction behind a "restart."
- My laptop froze. I guess I'll just turn it off and on again.
Verb
- take up or begin anew
- We resumed the negotiations
- start an engine again, for example