restart
verb/ˌriːˈstɑːt/
/ˌriːˈstɑːrt/
[intransitive, transitive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they restart | /ˌriːˈstɑːt/, /ˈriːstɑːt/ /ˌriːˈstɑːrt/, /ˈriːstɑːrt/ |
| he / she / it restarts | /ˌriːˈstɑːts/, /ˈriːstɑːts/ /ˌriːˈstɑːrts/, /ˈriːstɑːrts/ |
| past simple restarted | /ˌriːˈstɑːtɪd/, /ˈriːstɑːtɪd/ /ˌriːˈstɑːrtɪd/, /ˈriːstɑːrtɪd/ |
| past participle restarted | /ˌriːˈstɑːtɪd/, /ˈriːstɑːtɪd/ /ˌriːˈstɑːrtɪd/, /ˈriːstɑːrtɪd/ |
| -ing form restarting | /ˌriːˈstɑːtɪŋ/, /ˈriːstɑːtɪŋ/ /ˌriːˈstɑːrtɪŋ/, /ˈriːstɑːrtɪŋ/ |
- restart (something) to start again, or to make something start again, after it has stopped
- to restart a game
- The doctors struggled to restart his heart.
- The engine did not restart and the plane dived to the ground.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryRestart is used with these nouns as the object:- computer
- talk
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