"reset" meaning in English

See reset in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /riːˈsɛt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-reset1.wav [UK] Forms: reset [canonical], resets [third-person, singular], reset [past], reset [past, participle], resetting [present, participle]
Etymology: re- + set Etymology templates: {{ety-prefix|re|set}} re- + set Head templates: {{verb2|reset|resets|reset|reset|resetting}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you reset something you change it back to the way it started. You set it to the beginning again.
    Sense id: simple-reset-en-verb-LmbHwcSp
  2. The past tense and past participle of reset.
    Sense id: simple-reset-en-verb-D5d0FXMY
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Terms prefixed with re-
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