Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense resets, present participle resettinglanguage note: The form reset is used in the present tense and is the past tense and past participle.
1. verb
If you reset a machine or device, you adjust or set it, so that it is ready to work again or ready to perform a particular function.
As soon as you arrive at your destination, step out of the aircraft and reset yourwrist-watch. [VERB noun]
2. verb
If a doctor resets a broken bone, they put it back into its correct position.
He is recovering from an operation to reset his arm. [VERB noun]
reset in British English1
verb (riːˈsɛt)Word forms: -sets, -setting or -set(transitive)
1.
to set again (a broken bone, matter in type, a gemstone, etc)
2.
to restore (a gauge, dial, etc) to zero
3. Also: clear
to restore (the contents of a register or similar device) in a computer system to zero
noun (ˈriːˌsɛt)
4.
the act or an instance of setting again
5.
a thing that is set again
6.
a plant that has been recently transplanted
7.
a device for resetting instruments, controls, etc
Derived forms
resetter (reˈsetter)
noun
reset in British English2
Scottish
verb (riːˈsɛt)Word forms: -sets, -setting or -set(transitive)
1.
to receive or handle (goods) knowing they have been stolen
noun (ˈriːˌsɛt)
2.
the receiving of stolen goods
Derived forms
resetter (reˈsetter)
noun
Word origin
C14: from Old French receter, from Latin receptāre, from recipere to receive
reset in American English
(riˈsɛt; for n. ˈriˌsɛt)
verb transitiveWord forms: reˈset or reˈsetting
1.
to set again (a broken bone, type, a gem, bowling pins, an electrical contact switch, etc.)
noun
2.
the act of resetting
3.
something reset
4.
a plant that is planted again
5.
a device for resetting something
Examples of 'reset' in a sentence
reset
The unit could then be reset to resume operations with a minimum loss of time.
Tom Cannon Basic Marketing. Principles and Practice (1986)
You will be more alert and your body clock will be reset by light.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
You want the sunlight to reset your biological clock.
Mayes, Kathleen Beat Jet Lag - arrive alert and stay alert (1991)
The workers bowled in alleys of choice hardwood where fouls were scored and pins reset by electronic devices.
The Times Literary Supplement (2008)
We need sunshine in the mornings to reset our body clocks and rev us up for the day.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
We reset our dials when we see historical, western representations of physical beauty in art.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Yet twice the clock was reset at one second, after a double hit.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
When the war ended, the clocks were not reset.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
It's like he has reset his body clock.
The Sun (2015)
And you should reset your alarm clock half an hour earlier, to give yourself some slack in the system.
The Sun (2008)
Taking a second picture with the clock reset to the correct time makes it appear as if 15 minutes have elapsed.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
I hope that he will see this criticism as constructive and take this as an opportunity to reset the clock.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Who's gonna reset the bone?
The Sun (2007)
He had an operation yesterday to reset the shin bone and the Scotland medical team are waiting to assess the success of the procedure.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
I had the car serviced independently for 166 but was told that only dealers could reset the computer.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
If you do, you have to reset your 20-minute clock back to zero.
Pantano, James A. (MD) Living with Angina (1991)
He came, in a sense, to reset the clocks of time.
Christianity Today (2000)
Two US physicists claim the quantum effect means that if we measure something, we reset its decay clock and reduce its life expectancy.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
In other languages
reset
British English: reset VERB
If you reset a machine or device, you adjust or set it, so that it is ready to work again or ready to perform a particular function.
She was careful to reset the alarm before she left the office.