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to reset
01
to turn a system off and on again
Transitive: to reset a system
Grammatical Information
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
reset
3rd person singular
resets
Past simple
reset
Past participle
reset
Examples
When the computer froze, she had to reset it to get it working again.
02
to adjust a device or instrument so that its measurement or reading returns to zero
Transitive: to reset a device
Examples
He reset the stopwatch to zero before starting the next lap.
03
to adjust or arrange something again or in a new way
Transitive: to reset sth
Examples
She reset the alarm clock to wake up an hour earlier.
Reset
01
device for resetting instruments or controls
Grammatical Information
Animacy status
Inanimate
Plural form
resets
Lexical Tree
reset
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