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🇫🇷French Source WordCode: FR

réinstaller

Pronunciation / Transliteration: réinstaller

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Reinstall/ˌriːɪnˈstɔːl/
verbCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #8500 frequency
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🇫🇷 Example Sentence in French:

"Vous devez réinstaller le logiciel pour résoudre le problème."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As verb
  1. 1

    To place or fix something back in position, or to load software onto a computer system again.

    "I had to reinstall the operating system after the hard drive crashed."
  2. 2

    To formally restore someone to a previous office, rank, or position.

    "The committee voted to reinstall the former director for a temporary term."
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Synonyms (3)
Antonyms & Contrasting Words (1)

Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the prefix re- (meaning 'again' or 'anew') combined with 'install', which traces back to the Medieval Latin 'installare', from 'in-' (into) plus 'stallum' (stall, seat). The verb originally related to the ceremonial seating of an official, but evolved in the 20th century to encompass the setting up of machinery, and later, software programs.

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