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Canada, US/ˈɹiːˌstɑɹt/Canada, US/ˌɹɪˈstɑɹt/UK/ˌɹɪˈstɑːt/UK/ˈɹiːˌstɑːt/

noun

The act of starting something again.

“All attempts to restart the engine failed.”

CommonScrabble 7

Meanings

nounrestart (plural restarts)

plural restarts

  1. The act of starting something again.

    After the restart of my browser, the problem went away.

    2 more examples

    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

    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. But Armitage did get on the score-sheet five minutes later, Ben Foden straightening and putting the London Irish man in.

    2011 September 18, Ben Dirs, “Rugby World Cup 2011: England 41-10 Georgia”, in BBC Sport

    Synonyms: rebeginning, recommencement, relaunch, revamp

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

present singular third person restarts · participle present restarting · participle past restarted · past restarted

  1. ambitransitiveTo start again.

    All attempts to restart the engine failed.

    2 more examples

    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

    As of May 12, Crossrail was liaising with contractors to enable physical work at stations to restart. This had been suspended on March 24 due to the COVID-19 outbreak.

    2020 May 20, “Network News: Clas 345s finally able to serve Heathrow Airport”, in Rail, page 15

    Synonyms: rebegin, recommence, reinitiate

  2. computingSynonym of reboot.

    Synonyms: reboot

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe act of starting something again.

verbTo start again.

verbSynonym of reboot.

Similar

More synonyms by meaning

verbstart an engine again, for example

Similar
re-start

verbtake up or begin anew

Similar
resumere-start

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Englishstart
  7. Englishrestart

From re- + start.

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Translations

Bulgarian рестарти́рам
  • рестарти́рам (restartíram)To start again
Czech restartování, restartovat
  • restartováníact of restarting
  • restartovatTo start again
  • restartovatIn computing, to reboot
Danish starte/starte forfra, genstarte
  • starte/starte forfraTo start again
  • genstarteIn computing, to reboot
Dutch herbeginnen
  • herbeginnenTo start again
Finnish uudelleenkäynnistys, aloittaa uudelleen
  • uudelleenkäynnistysact of restarting
  • aloittaa uudelleenTo start again
  • käynnistää uudelleenIn computing, to reboot
French redémarrage, recommencer
  • redémarrageact of restarting
  • recommencerTo start again
  • redémarrerIn computing, to reboot
German Neustart, neustarten
  • Neustartact of restarting
  • neustartenTo start again
  • neustartenIn computing, to reboot
Greek επανεκκίνηση, επανεκκινώ
  • επανεκκίνηση (epanekkínisi)act of restarting
  • επανεκκινώ (epanekkinó)To start again
  • ξαναρχίζω (xanarchízo)To start again
  • επανεκκινώ (epanekkinó)In computing, to reboot
Hungarian újraindítás, újraindít
  • újraindításact of restarting
  • újraindítIn computing, to reboot
Italian riavvio, ricominciare
  • riavvioact of restarting
  • ricominciareTo start again
  • riavviareIn computing, to reboot
Norwegian start PC'en på nytt, starte PC'en på nytt
  • start PC'en på nyttIn computing, to reboot
  • starte PC'en på nyttIn computing, to reboot
Norwegian Bokmål omstart
  • omstartact of restarting
Polish restart, wznawiać
  • restartact of restarting
  • wznawiaćTo start again
  • wznowićTo start again
  • restartowaćIn computing, to reboot
  • zrestartowaćIn computing, to reboot
Portuguese reinício, recomeçar
  • reinícioact of restarting
  • recomeçarTo start again
  • reiniciarIn computing, to reboot
Russian переза́пуск, повто́рный за́пуск
  • переза́пуск (perezápusk)act of restarting
  • повто́рный за́пуск (povtórnyj zápusk)act of restarting
  • возобновле́ние (vozobnovlénije)act of restarting
  • возобновля́ть (vozobnovljátʹ)To start again
  • возобнови́ть (vozobnovítʹ)To start again
  • перезагружа́ть (perezagružátʹ)In computing, to reboot
  • перезагрузи́ть (perezagruzítʹ)In computing, to reboot
Spanish reinicio, reiniciar
  • reinicioact of restarting
  • reiniciarTo start again
  • reiniciarIn computing, to reboot
Swedish omstart, återstart
  • omstartact of restarting
  • återstartact of restarting
  • nystartact of restarting
  • starta omTo start again
  • börja omTo start again
  • starta omIn computing, to reboot

Rhymes & wordplay

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

“restart.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/restart. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “restart,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/restart.

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