REBOOT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does reboot mean? 

• REBOOT (verb)
  The verb REBOOT has 1 sense:

1. cause to load (an operating system) and start the initial processes

  Familiarity information: REBOOT used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• REBOOT (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they reboot    ... he / she / it reboots   
Past simple: rebooted   
Past participle: rebooted   
-ing form: rebooting   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cause to load (an operating system) and start the initial processes

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Synonyms:

boot; bring up; reboot

Context example:

boot your computer

Hypernyms (to "reboot" is one way to...):

resuscitate; revive (cause to regain consciousness)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

 Context examples 

That new moon was capable of rebooting your social life—it is the only new moon of the year to bring energy to your fifth house of truelove.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Although a fast flyby, New Horizons' Pluto encounter on July 14, 2015, will not be a replay of Voyager but more of a sequel and a reboot, with a new and more technologically advanced spacecraft and, more importantly, a new cast of characters.

(Voyager Map Details Neptune's Strange Moon Triton, NASA)