restart

C2+ Topic:Actions & Processes

US /riˈstɑrt/ UK /riːˈstɑːt/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

verb
to start again; a fresh beginning after a stop

After the crash he had to restart the program from scratch.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 verb · to start again; a fresh... rebootresumereopenrecommencerelaunchrenewreinitiate

Opposites

stop halt cease terminate

Word family

Derived forms restartedrestarting

Related forms startstartup

Etymology

From re- ('again') + start, the verb start deriving from Old English styrtan ('to leap up, move suddenly'), of Germanic origin.

re- Latin styrtan Old English

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Actions & Processes

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# restart

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** verb
**IPA (US):** /riˈstɑrt/
**IPA (UK):** /riːˈstɑːt/

## Meanings
1. to start again; a fresh beginning after a stop

## Examples
- After the crash he had to restart the program from scratch.

## Synonyms
- reboot
- resume
- reopen
- recommence
- relaunch
- renew
- reinitiate

## Antonyms
- stop
- halt
- cease
- terminate

## Derived Forms
- restarted
- restarting

## Related Forms
- start
- startup

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: re-
- Root: styrtan

## Etymology
From re- ('again') + start, the verb start deriving from Old English styrtan ('to leap up, move suddenly'), of Germanic origin.

## AI Etymology
Restart comes from re- ('again') + start, the verb start deriving from Old English styrtan ('to leap up, move suddenly'), of Germanic origin. The historical chain includes Latin re- and Old English styrtan. Older glosses in the chain include "again" and "to leap up, move suddenly", which help explain the semantic range of the modern word. Morphologically, restart is best read as compound and borrowing, yielding an English verb and noun shaped by both form history and later usage. In current English it functions as a verb and noun, with the sense "to start again; a fresh beginning after a stop". English derivatives include restarted and restarting; related forms include start and startup. The result is an English verb and noun whose etymology preserves the older forms while supporting the word's specialized modern meaning.

## Topics
- Actions & Processes

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