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reboot
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
reboot
(verb)
reboot
/ri
ˈ
buːt/
verb
reboots
;
rebooted
;
rebooting
reboot
/ri
ˈ
buːt/
verb
reboots
;
rebooted
;
rebooting
Britannica Dictionary definition of REBOOT
computers
:
to turn off a computer and then immediately turn it on
[
+ object
]
She tried to
reboot
her computer after it froze.
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no object
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After you install the software, you will have to
reboot
.
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