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re-install

re-install is the alternative form of reinstall.

Meaning of reinstall

Verb

reinstall (third-person singular simple present reinstalls, present participle reinstalling, simple past and past participle reinstalled)

  1. To install again.

See all 2 meanings of reinstall

Forms of re-install

third-person singular presentre-installs
present participlere-installing
past participlere-installed
pastre-installed

Questions about re-install

What is re-install the alternative form of?
Re-install is the alternative form of reinstall.

Words near re-install in the dictionary

  1. re-identifications
  2. re-implant
  3. re-infusion
  4. re-initiation
  5. re-inkable
  6. re-install
  7. re-installed
  8. re-installing
  9. re-installs
  10. re-institute
  11. re-instituted

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Adapted from Wiktionary: re-install (page history and authors); reinstall (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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