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reset
[ verb ree-set; noun ree-set ]
verb (used with object)
- to set again:
to reset an alarm clock; to reset a broken bone.
- to set, adjust, or fix in a new or different way:
to reset priorities; to reset prices.
- to illegally set back the odometer on (an auto or other vehicle) to a lower reading:
a used-car dealer charged with resetting his cars.
verb (used without object)
- to become set again:
The alarm bell resets automatically.
noun
- an act or instance of setting again.
- an act or instance of setting, adjusting, or fixing something in a new or different way:
A reset of relations between the two countries may be impossible. Company executives recognized the need for a reset in their business.
- something that is set again.
- a plant that is replanted.
- a device used in resetting an instrument or control mechanism.
reset
1verb
- to set again (a broken bone, matter in type, a gemstone, etc)
- to restore (a gauge, dial, etc) to zero
- Alsoclear to restore (the contents of a register or similar device) in a computer system to zero
noun
- the act or an instance of setting again
- a thing that is set again
- a plant that has been recently transplanted
- a device for resetting instruments, controls, etc
reset
2verb
- to receive or handle goods knowing they have been stolen
noun
- the receiving of stolen goods
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Derived Forms
- reˈsetter, noun
- reˈsetter, noun
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Other Words From
- re·setta·ble adjective
- re·setter noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of reset1
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Example Sentences
As one national Republican strategist told The Daily Beast, the race “reset” when Moulton won the primary in September.
“A referendum on self-determination is necessary to reset the relationship between Catalonia and Spain,” according to the site.
Then he realized that he had hit button to reset all terminals, located right next to the button to reset one terminal.
“It was like a reset…I could have my vacation away from Chris,” she says.
Our first episode will really hang a lantern on everything being reset, and they just go right back to who they were.
These two reset the switches for the main track, leaving everything as they had found it, and then crossed over to the auto.
After her absence in that apartment long enough to reset the trap, he was startled by a scream from the same quarter.
As he was wakeful and restless he again arose, proceeded to the kitchen with a light, and removing the mouse reset the trap.
She soon had it cleaned and the bulbs reset, and it was not long before there were flowers for every month in the year.
Afterwards they would see how he reset the trap, and then backed away, removing every possible evidence of his presence.
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