restart
restart — noun
- restartsingular
- restartsplural
1. a moment or event when you begin a process or activity again after it was stoppe
a moment or event when you begin a process or activity again after it was stopped or paused.
After the crash, Kian did a full restart of his computer to clear the error.
collocation: full restart
Gabriela welcomed the restart of her evening classes after the summer holiday ended.
pattern: restart of [something]
The company announced a restart of the old project with money from a new partner.
Amani called for a restart of the peace talks after the ceasefire took hold.
- resumption
more formal; suggests continuing from where things stopped rather than beginning anew
- renewal
suggests fresh energy or a new phase, not simply restarting the same thing
- shutdown
a full stop of a process with no plan to restart
文法句型
a restart (of something)
the restart (of something)
用法筆記
Often used with 'full' or 'complete' to emphasise starting entirely from the beginning rather than resuming.
restart — verb
- restartpresent simple I / you / we / they
- restarts3rd person singular
- restarting-ing form
- restartedpast simple
1. to make a machine, process, or activity start working or happening again after i
to make a machine, process, or activity start working or happening again after it has stopped.
Amihan restarted her small bakery after moving to a busier street.
restart + noun phrase (a business)
The technician restarted the internet router to fix the slow connection.
restart + noun phrase (a device)
Mizuki restarted the engine three times before it finally caught.
Hassan restarted working on his novel after his laptop was repaired.
The server restarted automatically after the power came back on.
文法句型
restart + noun phrase
restart + -ing verb
restart (intransitive)
用法筆記
Common in computing contexts (restart a computer, app, or server). For people resuming an activity, 'restart + -ing' is natural: 'She restarted studying French.' Distinguish from verb sense 1 (to re-start from scratch) — no separate sense in this entry; all verb uses fall under this sense.