reinstall

verb

re·​in·​stall (ˌ)rē-in-ˈstȯl How to pronounce reinstall (audio)
reinstalled; reinstalling

transitive verb

: to install (something or someone) again
Reinstall the software and reboot the computer.
reinstall carpet
… the Meiji Restoration, when the emperor was reinstalled as the central figure of the government and the shogun system was disbanded.Bennett Schiff
reinstallation noun
plural reinstallations
Reinstallation of valve covers, a seemingly brief task, took Ron and I six full hours. Chuck Asbury

Examples of reinstall in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web And the venerable WordPad app, originally marked for deletion in September, has also been removed from these builds and can't be reinstalled. Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica, 19 Jan. 2024 Dealers can inspect and reinstall the air bag for free. Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 8 Jan. 2024 Uninstalling and reinstalling the app has apparently fixed things for some, however, and some are reporting that things are still working. Jay Peters, The Verge, 14 Dec. 2023 One idea circulating, first reported by NBC News, was to reinstall McCarthy as speaker with hardline Rep. Jim Jordan in a new leadership role. Lisa Mascaro, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2023 While McMahon used his power as controlling shareholder to reinstall himself, the new TKO is firmly controlled by Endeavor, making any sort of official comeback unlikely. Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Feb. 2024 About a month before the Max 9 was delivered to Alaska Airlines in October, workers at Boeing’s factory in Renton, Wash., opened and later reinstalled the panel that would blow off the plane’s body, according to a person familiar with the matter. Mark Walker, New York Times, 25 Jan. 2024 Government efforts in the second half of the 20th century had the sacred carvings reinstalled, but stories about the bloodshed have become part of the cultural history. Mark Johanson, Travel + Leisure, 19 Jan. 2024 Beeper told them to uninstall and reinstall the app. Lauren Goode, WIRED, 19 Dec. 2023

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Word History

First Known Use

1595, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of reinstall was in 1595

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“Reinstall.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reinstall. Accessed 19 Mar. 2024.

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