reset
pronunciation
How to pronounce reset in British English:
UK [ˌri:ˈset]
How to pronounce reset in American English:
US [riˈsɛt]
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- Noun:
- device for resetting instruments or controls
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- Verb:
- set anew
- set to zero
- adjust again after an initial failure
Word Origin
- reset (v.)
- also re-set, 1650s, "place (a gem) in a new setting," from re- + set (v.). Related: Resetting. Meaning "cause a device to return to a former condition" is from 1847; intransitive sense from 1897. As a noun, from 1847.
Example
- 1. They will also reset and profoundly improve international relations .
- 2. This could melt the plagioclase and reset its age .
- 3. As further evidence of america 's desire to press the reset button with russia , it emerged that barack obama had written privately to his russian counterpart , dmitry medvedev , about missile defences and iran .
- 4. Note that the passwords reset each game day .
- 5. No amount of resting can reset the clock .