reinstall

verb

re·​in·​stall (ˌ)rē-in-ˈstȯl 

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

(ˌ)rē-ˌin(t)-stə-ˈlā-shən 

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

Rinse the filter in water and reinstall it securely back in the filter housing. — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 26 June 2026

About half of the previous panels were reinstalled earlier this year before a court ordered that work to stop. — Geoff Mulvihill, Los Angeles Times, 4 July 2026

That will involve moving all of the furniture back in and having KC Current signage reinstalled. — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 2 July 2026

Propellers can be particularly burdensome because rotors often need to be removed, cleaned and reinstalled, requiring some real elbow grease. — David Goldman, CNN Money, 23 June 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1595, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for reinstall

• aldol
• armhole
• atoll
• awol
• backhaul
• banal
• baseball
• befall
• cabal
• catchall
• cecal
• centrale