RE-START

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does re-start mean? 

• RE-START (verb)
  The verb RE-START has 2 senses:

1. start an engine again, for example

2. take up or begin anew

  Familiarity information: RE-START used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RE-START (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they re-start    ... he / she / it re-starts   
Past simple: re-started   
Past participle: re-started   
-ing form: re-starting   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Start an engine again, for example

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

re-start; restart

Hypernyms (to "re-start" is one way to...):

start; start up (get going or set in motion)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 2

Meaning:

Take up or begin anew

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

re-start; restart; resume

Context example:

We resumed the negotiations

Hypernyms (to "re-start" is one way to...):

bear on; carry on; continue; preserve; uphold (keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE

 Context examples 

The spacecraft has now characterized a total of 439 NEOs since the mission was re-started in December 2013.

(Asteroid-Hunting Spacecraft Delivers a Second Year of Data, NASA)