What does reset mean?

Definitions for reset
riˈsɛt; ˈriˌsɛtre·set

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. resetverb

    device for resetting instruments or controls

  2. resetverb

    set anew

    "They re-set the date on the clock"

  3. resetverb

    set to zero

    "reset instruments and dials"

  4. readjust, resetverb

    adjust again after an initial failure

Wiktionary

  1. resetnoun

    An act of resetting

  2. resetnoun

    Something that is reset

  3. reset

    A device, such as a button or switch, for resetting something.

  4. resetverb

    To set back to the initial state.

  5. resetverb

    To set to zero

  6. reset

    To adjust again after an initial failure

  7. resetnoun

    the crime of knowingly and dishonestly receiving stolen goods

  8. Resetnoun

    A button that resets a device, often a computer.

  9. Etymology: From reset.

ChatGPT

  1. reset

    Reset refers to the act of restoring a device, system or process back to its original state or factory settings. It generally involves erasing all added data or configuration to remove errors, solve technical problems or start anew.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Resetverb

    to set again; as, to reset type; to reset copy; to reset a diamond

  2. Resetnoun

    the act of resetting

  3. Resetnoun

    that which is reset; matter set up again

  4. Resetnoun

    the receiving of stolen goods, or harboring an outlaw

  5. Resetverb

    to harbor or secrete; to hide, as stolen goods or a criminal

  6. Etymology: [OF. recete, recepte, a receiving. Cf. Receipt.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Reset

    rē-set′, v.t. and v.i. to set again.—n. printed matter set over again.—adj. Reset′table (Tenn.), that may be reset.

  2. Reset

    re-set′, v.t. (Scot.) to receive and hide, as stolen goods, or a criminal.—n. Reset′ter, one who receives and hides stolen goods. [Perh. receipt.]

Editors Contribution

  1. resetverb

    Once more in return; fixed or arranged in advance to do something. 1.) Set again or differently. 2.) To enter the state representing the numeral 0.

    The reset is inevitable.

    Etymology: Calculate


    Submitted by Tehorah_Elyon on November 18, 2023  

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Anagrams for reset »

  1. ester

  2. estre

  3. steer

  4. stere

  5. stree

  6. terse

  7. trees

  8. tsere

  9. reest

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of reset in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of reset in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of reset in a Sentence

  1. Alex Conant:

    After a tough couple of weeks, this was the reset that Trump needed, he laid out a popular agenda and framed the big political issues of the day in the most favorable way possible.

  2. Scott Walker:

    This is a guy who has the audacity to be talking about schooling anyone when it comes to foreign policy and not just about Israel and nuclear weapons, the thing about that statement, a guy in the last year called ISIS, the jayvee squad, his administration continues to call Yemen a success story, Secretary of Bill Clinton gave Russia a reset button.

  3. Judith Curry:

    We need to push the reset button on climate change.

  4. Stephan Lange:

    This is a big crisis that has certainly got the attention of top (Boehringer) management, big companies like predictability, they like planning, and the one thing that throws us off guard here most is that over the last year, we had to reset expectations multiple times.

  5. Sara Gottfried:

    What you want to do in this reset is get off of sugar and get off of the sugar substitutes-- the artificial sweeteners.

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