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restart

noun
/ˈɹiːˌstɑɹt/CA/ˌɹɪˈstɑːt/UK

Etymology

From re- + start.

  1. derived from *(s)ter-✻ — “to be stiff”
  2. inherited from *sturtijan✻ — “to startle, move, set in motion”
  3. inherited from styrtan — “to leap up, start”
  4. inherited from sterten — “to leap up suddenly, rush out”
  5. prefixed as restart — “re + start”

Definitions

  1. The act of starting something again.

    • After the restart of my browser, the problem went away.
    • We were stopped by signal soon after this and from the restart we had to lift our vast train up the 1 in 200 to Survilliers.

  2. To start again.

    • All attempts to restart the engine failed.
    • Another view of Ashchurch station on August 18, 1961, with "Royal Scot" 4-6-0 No. 46148 The Manchester Regiment restarting a Worcester-Cheltenham stopping train and a Class 4 2-6-0 at the branch platform on a train from Redditch.
    • As of May 12, Crossrail was liaising with contractors to enable physical work at stations to restart. This had been suspended on March 24 due to the COVID-19 outbreak.

  3. Synonym of reboot.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA