Reboot

Acceptable For Game Play - US & UK word lists

This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To turn (a computer or operating system) off and then on again; restart.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. An instance of rebooting.
  • n. The restarting of a series storyline that discards all previous continuity.
  • v. To cause a computer to execute its boot process, effectively resetting the computer and causing the operating system to reload, especially after a system or power failure
  • v. To discard all previous continuity in a series and restart the series.
  • v. To restart a (computer or video game) from the beginning.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. cause to load (an operating system) and start the initial processes
  • Verb Form
    rebooted    rebooting    reboots   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    resuscitate    revive   
    Cross Reference
    bootstrap   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    plimit    gedit    logon    actuation    ifconfig    ibew    modprobe    fdisk    dpkg    plugin