reset

1. 1.

   device for resetting instruments or controls

   Broaderdevice

   Partsreset button

Other forms of reset

plural

resets·

past tense

resetted·

present participle

resetting

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about reset

What does reset mean?

reset means "set anew". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in reset?

reset has 2 syllables: re-set. The stress falls on "set". In IPA it is /ɹiˈsɛt/.

What is another word for reset?

Close synonyms include readjust. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is reset a common word?

reset is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with reset?

23 words rhyme with reset. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.