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

On Saturday, a 238-foot ship set sail to reinstall the first batch of monitors in the waters of the Pacific. — Eric Niiler, New York Times, 3 Oct. 2026

Also question any message that tells you to reinstall Chrome or another app already on your phone. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 2 Oct. 2026

This achievement could make reuse more valuable than simply recovering the expensive hardware from a used Starship, to be reinstalled on a new spacecraft. — Sven Bilén, The Conversation, 29 Sep. 2026

Walker said the sheriff’s office has no plans to reinstall the cameras at this time. — Idaho Statesman, 20 Sep. 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