restart

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English

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Etymology

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From re- +‎ start.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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restart (plural restarts)

  1. The act of starting something again.
    Synonyms: rebeginning, recommencement, relaunch, revamp
    Coordinate terms: refresh, reload
    After the restart of my browser, the problem went away.
    • 1961 March, ""Balmore"", “Driving and firing modern French steam locomotives”, in Trains Illustrated, page 147:
      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.
    • 2011 September 18, Ben Dirs, “Rugby World Cup 2011: England 41-10 Georgia”, in BBC Sport[1]:
      England looked to put width on the ball after the restart, Armitage very nearly going over in the corner only for the video referee to decide his foot was in touch. But Armitage did get on the score-sheet five minutes later, Ben Foden straightening and putting the London Irish man in.

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Verb

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restart (third-person singular simple present restarts, present participle restarting, simple past and past participle restarted)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) To start again.
    Synonyms: rebegin, recommence, reinitiate
    Coordinate terms: refresh, relaunch, reload, revamp
    All attempts to restart the engine failed.
    • 1962 May, “Ashchurch to lose another branch service”, in Modern Railways, page 299, photo caption:
      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.
    • 2020 May 20, “Network News: Clas 345s finally able to serve Heathrow Airport”, in Rail, page 15:
      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.
  2. (computing) Synonym of reboot.
    Coordinate terms: refresh, relaunch, reload

Descendants

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  • Czech: restartovat

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Polish

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Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl

Etymology

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Borrowed from English restart.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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restart m inan

  1. (computing) restart (act of restarting a computer)
    Synonym: reset

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Further reading

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  • restart in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • restart in Polish dictionaries at PWN