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# restart

verb (restart, restarts, restarted, restarting); noun (a restart)

«restart» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To restart means to start something again after it has stopped. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/restart/#m1)
2. To restart a computer or phone means to switch it off and on again. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/restart/#m2)

### In the lessons

Computing: restarting often fixes a frozen device. Sport and games: the game restarts after a goal. Everyday life: restart a journey, restart a lesson after a fire drill. Phrases: restart the computer, restart the game, a fresh restart.

### Examples

- Try restarting the laptop if it freezes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/restart/#x1)
- The match restarted after the rain stopped. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/restart/#x2)
- We had to restart the race because of a false start. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/restart/#x3)
- The lesson restarted after the fire drill. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/restart/#x4)
- The music stopped, then restarted. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/restart/#x5)
- Press the button to restart the level. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/restart/#x6)

### Note

Past: restarted. re- means again. «Restart» and «reset» are different: restart switches something off and on, reset puts its settings back to the start.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «restart» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/restart/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«restart» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/restart.html) on Mova free.