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boots up

boots up is the third-person singular simple present indicative of boot up.

Meaning of boot up

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.

Questions about boots up

What is boots up the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Boots up is the third-person singular simple present indicative of boot up.

Words near boots up in the dictionary

  1. boots and rallies
  2. boots on the ground
  3. boots one
  4. boots out
  5. boots theory
  6. boots up
  7. boots upstairs
  8. bootscan
  9. bootscaning
  10. bootscanning
  11. bootscans

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