reboot

noun

/ˈriːbuːt/

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the act of starting a computer, smartphone, etc. again immediately after you have switched it off
- After a reboot, the program started working again.
something, especially a series of films or TV programmes, that has been started again or made successful again
- A trailer for the upcoming ‘Spider Man’ reboot had just been released.

verb

/ˌriːˈbuːt/

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they reboot	/ˌriːˈbuːt/ /ˌriːˈbuːt/
he / she / it reboots	/ˌriːˈbuːts/ /ˌriːˈbuːts/
past simple rebooted	/ˌriːˈbuːtɪd/ /ˌriːˈbuːtɪd/
past participle rebooted	/ˌriːˈbuːtɪd/ /ˌriːˈbuːtɪd/
-ing form rebooting	/ˌriːˈbuːtɪŋ/ /ˌriːˈbuːtɪŋ/

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[transitive, intransitive] reboot (something) (computing) if you reboot a computer or it reboots, you switch it off and then start it again immediately
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- computer
- display
- drive
- keyboard
- memory
- platform
- program
- reboot
- router
- screen
Topics Computersc2
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
Reboot is used with these nouns as the object:
computer
system
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[transitive] reboot something to make something, especially a series of films or TV programmes, start again or become successful again
- This film is the producer's second attempt to reboot the franchise.
- The government is desperately trying to reboot the country's economy.
- The talented boxer is trying to reboot his career following his recovery from injury.