boot up

verb

To start a computer using its bootstrap procedure.

“Then you should boot up your word processor.”

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bootdeadstart
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Meanings

verbboot up (third-person singular simple present boots up, present participle booting up, simple past and past participle booted up)

present singular third person boots up · participle present booting up · participle past booted up · past booted up

  1. transitiveTo start a computer using its bootstrap procedure.

    Synonyms: boot, deadstart

  2. intransitiveTo start, using its bootstrap procedure.

    It takes a couple of minutes for the computer to boot up.

  3. transitiveTo start a computer program or a recording of a movie, show or song.

    Then you should boot up your word processor.

  4. ambitransitivebroadlyfigurativelyTo start up, to bootstrap (any process, especially a business).

    They believe they now have enough capital to boot up and stay alive until sales revenue begins.

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo start a computer using its bootstrap procedure.

Similar
bootdeadstart
Also see
bootpower up

Translations

Polish uruchamiać, uruchomić
  • uruchamiaćto start computer by bootstrap procedure
  • uruchomićto start computer by bootstrap procedure
  • włączaćto start computer by bootstrap procedure
  • włączyćto start computer by bootstrap procedure
Spanish bootear
  • bootearto start computer by bootstrap procedure
Cite this entry
APA

boot up. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/boot%20up

MLA

“boot up.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/boot%20up. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “boot up,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/boot%20up.

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