reset

verb/riˈsɛt/

Frequency rank: #5,191 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)

Meaning

to set something back to its original or default state.

Illustration for the English word “reset”

Example sentence

After the system crashed, the technician had to reset all the settings from scratch.

Synonyms & related words

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