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boot up

boot up verb: to start a computer using its bootstrap procedure.

Verb

boot up (third-person singular simple present boots up, present participle booting up, simple past and past participle booted up)

  1. (transitive) To start a computer using its bootstrap procedure.
    Synonyms:
    boot, deadstart
  2. (intransitive) To start, using its bootstrap procedure.
    • It takes a couple of minutes for the computer to boot up.
  3. (transitive) To start a computer program or a recording of a movie, show or song.
    • Then you should boot up your word processor.
  4. (ambitransitive, broadly, figuratively) To start up, to bootstrap (any process, especially a business).
    • They believe they now have enough capital to boot up and stay alive until sales revenue begins.

Synonyms of boot up

Forms of boot up

third-person singular presentboots up
present participlebooting up
past participlebooted up
pastbooted up

Words formed from boot up

Questions about boot up

What does boot up mean?
Boot up means to start a computer using its bootstrap procedure.
What part of speech is boot up?
Boot up is a verb.
What is the past tense of boot up?
The past tense of boot up is booted up.

Words near boot up in the dictionary

  1. boot storms
  2. boot time
  3. boot times
  4. boot tree
  5. boot trees
  6. boot up
  7. boot upstairs
  8. boot verb
  9. boot verbs
  10. boot-black
  11. boot-blacks

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