Meaning & use
Restarted
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Started something again after it had stopped.
See it in a sentence
She restarted the computer after the update finished installing.
The negotiations restarted after a six-month standstill.
A note on using this word
Formed by adding the prefix 're-' (meaning 'again') to 'start,' a pattern common to many English verbs describing repetition.
Words with a similar meaning
resumedrebooted
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Words with an opposite meaning
halted
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