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restart

/ˌɹɪˈstɑːt/US/ˈɹiːˌstɑɹt/

restart noun: the act of starting something again.

Noun

restart (plural restarts)

  1. The act of starting something again.
    • After the restart of my browser, the problem went away.
    • 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.1961 March, ""Balmore"", “Driving and firing modern French steam locomotives”, in Trains Illustrated, page 147

Verb

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

  1. (ambitransitive) To start again.
    • All attempts to restart the engine failed.
    • 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.1962 May, “Ashchurch to lose another branch service”, in Modern Railways, page 299, photo caption
  2. Synonym of reboot.
    Synonyms:
    reboot

restart meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

restart in Hindi

पुनः प्रारंभ करें, पुनः आरंभ करें, पुनः शुरू करें

restart in Tamil

மறுதொடக்கம் செய்யுங்கள், மறுதொடக்கம் செய்யவும், மறுதொடக்கம்

restart in Marathi

पुन्हा सुरू करा, पुन्हा सुरु करा, पुनःप्रारंभ करा

restart in Urdu

ری اسٹارٹ کریں
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restart in Bengali
পুনরায় চালু করুন, পুনরায় শুরু করুন, পুনরায় আরম্ভ করুন
restart in Telugu
పునఃప్రారంభించండి, పునఃప్రారంభం చేయండి, పునఃప్రారంభించు
restart in Malayalam
പുനരാരംഭം punarārambhaṁ
restart in Kannada
ಮತ್ತೇ ಆರಂಭಿಸು
restart in Punjabi
ਮੁਡ਼ ਚਾਲੂ ਕਰੋ, ਮੁਡ਼ ਸ਼ੁਰੂ ਕਰੋ, ਮੁਡ਼-ਚਾਲੂ ਕਰੋ
restart in Gujarati
પુનઃપ્રારંભ કરો, ફરી શરૂ કરો, પુનઃ શરૂ કરો
restart in Odia
ପୁନଃ ଆରମ୍ଭ କରନ୍ତୁ, ପୁନଃଚାଳନ କରନ୍ତୁ, ପୁନଃଚାଳନା କରନ୍ତୁ
restart in Nepali
पुनः सुरु गर्नुहोस्, पुनः प्रारम्भ गर्नुहोस्, पुनः सुरू गर्नुहोस्

Examples of restart in a sentence

  • 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.2011 September 18, Ben Dirs, “Rugby World Cup 2011: England 41-10 Georgia”, in BBC Sport:
  • As of May 12, Crossrail was liaising with contractors to enable physical work at stations to restart.2020 May 20, “Network News: Clas 345s finally able to serve Heathrow Airport”, in Rail, page 15:

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Synonyms of restart

All synonyms of restart

Forms of restart

Noun
pluralrestarts
Verb
third-person singular presentrestarts
present participlerestarting
past participlerestarted
pastrestarted

Past tense of restart: restarted

Plural of restart: restarts

Origin of restart

From re- + start.

Words formed from restart

Phrases with restart

Words that rhyme with restart

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Questions about restart

What does restart mean?
Restart means the act of starting something again.
What is restart in Hindi?
Restart in Hindi is पुनः प्रारंभ करें, पुनः आरंभ करें, पुनः शुरू करें. See Restart meaning in Hindi.
How do you use restart in a sentence?
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.
What part of speech is restart?
Restart can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce restart?
Restart is pronounced /ˈɹiːˌstɑɹt/ (US).
What is the plural of restart?
The plural of restart is restarts.

Words near restart in the dictionary

  1. restaple
  2. restapled
  3. restaples
  4. restapling
  5. Restarick
  6. restart
  7. restart kick
  8. restart kicks
  9. restartability
  10. restartable
  11. restarted

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: restart (page history and authors); restart (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); restart (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); restart (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); restart (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); restart (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); restart (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); പുനരാരംഭം (Malayalam) (page history and authors); restart (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); restart (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); restart (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); restart (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); restart (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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