reset

See also: Reset

English

Etymology 1

re- +‎ set

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹiːˈsɛt/
• Rhymes: -ɛt

Verb

reset (third-person singular simple present resets, present participle resetting, simple past and past participle reset)

1. To set back to the initial state.
   • 1913, Joseph C. Lincoln, chapter 1, in Mr. Pratt's Patients:

     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.

2. To set to zero.
3. (transitive) To adjust; to set or position differently.
   • 1895, Robert W. Chambers, Rue Barrée

     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.

Derived terms

• resettable
• resetter

Translations

to set back to the initial state

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 重置 (chóngzhì)

• Czech: resetovat (cs)
• Dutch: herinitialiseren, terugstellen
• Finnish: palauttaa alkutilaan, resetoida (fi)
• French: remettre à zéro, réinitialiser (fr)
• German: zurücksetzen, rücksetzen
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• Greek: επαναφέρω (el) (epanaféro), επανεκκινώ (epanekkinó)
• Italian: resettare (it)
• Maori: tautuhi anō
• Portuguese: reiniciar (pt), repor (pt), restaurar (pt)
• Russian: перезагружа́ть (ru) impf (perezagružátʹ), перезагрузи́ть (ru) pf (perezagruzítʹ)
• Spanish: reiniciar (es)
• Swedish: återställa (sv)

to set to zero

• Finnish: nollata
• Italian: azzerare (it)
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• Swedish: nollställa (sv)

to adjust again after an initial failure

• Finnish: säätää asetusarvoja
• Greek: επαναρυθμίζω (epanarythmízo)
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• Italian: ripristinare (it)
• Swedish: återställa (sv)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹiː.sɛt/

Noun

reset (plural resets)

1. An act of resetting to the initial state
2. Setting to zero
3. Something that is reset
4. A device, such as a button or switch, for resetting something.
5. (typography) That which is reset; printed matter set up again.

Derived terms

• factory reset

Translations

an act of resetting to the initial state

• Finnish: oletusarvojen palautus
• Portuguese: restaurar (pt)
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• Russian: перезагру́зка (ru) f (perezagrúzka)

setting to zero

• Finnish: nollaus
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Russian: сброс (ru) m (sbros)

Etymology 3

From receipt.

Alternative forms

• ressett

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rəˈsɛt/

Noun

reset (plural resets)

1. (Scotland, law) The crime of knowingly and dishonestly receiving stolen goods, or harbouring an outlaw.

Verb

reset (third-person singular simple present reset, present participle t, simple past and past participle ing)

1. (Scotland, law) To receive and hide (stolen goods, or a criminal, etc.)

Derived terms

• resetter

References

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Anagrams

• Ester, Steer, ester, estre, re-est., reest, retes, seter, steer, stere, teers, teres, terse, trees

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English reset.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁeˈzɛ.t(ʃ)(i)/
• Rhymes: -ɛt(ʃ)i

Noun

reset m (invariable)

1. reset (button)