refresh

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ɹiˈfɹɛʃ/, SAMPA: /ri"frES/

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• Rhymes: -ɛʃ

Etymology

From Old French refrescher (French: rafraîchir)

Verb

Wikipedia

refresh (third-person singular simple present refreshes, present participle refreshing, simple past and past participle refreshed)

1. To renew or revitalize.
2. (computing) To reload a webpage on the internet.
   • 2007, Beth Harbison, Shoe Addicts Anonymous

     She refreshed the page. She was still the high bidder. Good.

3. (computing) To cause (a web browser or similar software) to refresh its display.
   • 2007, Philip C Plumlee, Test Driven Ajax (on Rails)

     You can save your code, refresh your browser, and see a change instantly. This simple trick turns a lowly web browser into a development environment...

4. To perform the periodic energizing required to maintain the contents of computer memory, the display luminance of a computer screen, etc.

Translations

To renew or revitalize

Arabic: جدد (jáddada) Chinese: 提神 (tíshén) Dutch: verfrissen (nl) Finnish: virkistää (fi), piristää (fi) French: rafraîchir (fr) German: erfrischen (de) Greek: ανανεώνω (el) (ananeóno) Hungarian: felüdít (hu), felfrissít (hu) Italian: rinfrescare (it)

Japanese: 爽やかにする (さわやかにする, sawayaka ni suru) Korean: 새롭게 하다 (saeropge hada) Luxembourgish: erfrëschen (lb) Polish: odświeżyć (pl) Portuguese: refrescar (pt) Russian: освежать (osvežát’) Spanish: refrescar (es) Swedish: uppfriska (sv)

To reload a webpage on the internet

Dutch: een webpagina herladen (nl) Finnish: päivittää, ladata uudelleen

Greek: ανανεώνω (el) (ananeóno)

Periodic energizing required to maintain the contents of computer memory

Greek: ανανεώνω (el) (ananeóno)

Periodic energizing required to maintain the display luminence of a computer screen

Finnish: virkistää (fi)

Greek: ανανεώνω (el) (ananeóno)

Anagrams

• fresher

Noun

refresh (plural refreshes)

1. The periodic energizing required to maintain the contents of computer memory, the display luminance of a computer screen, etc.
2. (computing) The update of a display (in a web browser or similar software) to show the latest version of the data.