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# reset

«reset» in Mova's school dictionary: **to set a machine, device or counter back to its starting…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (reset, resets, reset, resetting); noun (a reset, resets)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To reset means to set a machine, device or counter back to its starting state. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reset/#m1)

2) To reset a password, clock or alarm means to set it again or change it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reset/#m2)

3) To reset a broken bone means to put it back in the right place. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reset/#m3)

4) A reset is a fresh start. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reset/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

Technology: reset a device to fix a problem, reset a stopwatch to zero in a science experiment, reset a forgotten password. Health: a doctor resets a broken bone. Well-being: a calm break can be a reset. Phrases: reset to zero, reset the password, press reset, factory reset.

### examples

- Reset the stopwatch to zero before each race. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reset/#x1)
- I forgot my password, so I had to reset it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reset/#x2)
- Dad reset the clock after the power cut. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reset/#x3)
- The doctor reset the broken bone. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reset/#x4)
- Press the reset button on the router. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reset/#x5)
- After the argument, we took a break to reset. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reset/#x6)

### note

Irregular: past is also reset (not «resetted»); -ing: resetting (double t). In experiments, always reset measuring tools to zero before you start, or your numbers will be wrong.

### In the corpora

- [Ben in Austin pressed the reset button every time he was losing a video game with his friend Luis.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/341-cheating-in-games-and-sports/1/)
- [Real bodies bruise, bones break, heads that hit floors can be badly hurt, and nothing resets.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/403-copying-moves-on-a-little-brother/16/)
- [Only adults reset a trip, and if it keeps tripping, an electrician checks it.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/technology/14-electricity-at-home/11/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «reset» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reset/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.