Reset Meaning
/ɹiːˈsɛt/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
verbTo set back to the initial state.
verbTo set to zero.
Sentence Examples
You just need to reset the breaker. Hurry up!
You have to reset the odometer.
CEFR Practice Quiz
After the error, he had to ____ the computer to its default settings.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The technician had to ____ the system after the power outage caused it to freeze completely.
Word Origin & History
From re- + set.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"Then there came a reg'lar terror of a sou'wester same as you don't get one summer in a thousand, and blowed the shanty flat and ripped about half of the weir poles out of the sand. We spent consider'ble money getting 'em reset, and then a swordfish got into the pound and tore the nets all to slathers, right in the middle of the squiteague season."
— 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter I, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:
"The next section explains how to reset the administrator password with the help of this challenge question."
— 2008, Bonnie Biafore, QuickBooks 2009: The Missing Manual, O'Reilly Media, →ISBN, page 654:
"With the Hormone Reset you'll learn how to reset your weight, nutrition, hormones, and habitual patterns, from cell to soul; […]"
— 2015, Sara Gottfried, The Hormone Reset Diet […] , Harper Collins, →ISBN:
"He turned and steered his course toward some lights clustered at the end of the street. They proved farther away than he had anticipated, and after a long quest he came to the conclusion that his eyes had been mysteriously removed from their proper places and had been reset on either side of his head like those of a bird."
— 1895, Robert W. Chambers, Rue Barrée:
"The advantage of the Monotype machine over the Linotype one was that corrections could be made using precast sorts. This was especially useful for book production. With the Linotype method, the whole line had to be reset and replaced."
— 2005, Alan Pipes, Production for Graphic Designers, 4th edition, Laurence King Publishing, →ISBN, page 66:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
After the error, he had to ____ the computer to its default settings.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The technician had to ____ the system after the power outage caused it to freeze completely.