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reboots

reboots is the plural of reboot.

reboots is the third-person singular simple present indicative of reboot.

Meaning of reboot

Noun

reboot (plural reboots)

  1. An instance of rebooting.
  2. (broadly) A fresh start.
    • That’s why we don’t just need a bailout. We need a reboot. We need a build out. We need a buildup. We need a national makeover.2008 December 24, Thomas L. Friedman, “Time to Reboot America”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
  3. The restarting of a series' storyline, discarding all previous continuity.
  4. (widely considered a misuse) The restarting of a series' storyline without discarding previous continuity.
    • HBO Max has issued a straight-to-series order for “Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin,” a reboot of the original Freeform series... “We’re such huge fans of what I. Marlene King and her iconic cast created, we knew that we had to treat the original series as #CANON"2020 September 24, “Pretty Little Liars Reboot Ordered To Series at HBO Max”, in Variety
    Synonyms:
    sequel, spin-off

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Phrases with reboots

Questions about reboots

What is reboots the plural of?
Reboots is the plural of reboot.

Words near reboots in the dictionary

  1. rebooted
  2. rebooter
  3. rebooters
  4. rebooting
  5. rebootings
  6. reboots
  7. rebop
  8. rebopped
  9. rebopping
  10. reborder
  11. rebordered

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