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boot (up)

verb

Definition of boot (up)next
as in to prime

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for boot (up)
  1. prime
  2. educate
  3. school
  4. instruct
  5. provide
  6. train
  7. gear up
  8. supply
Verb
  • Once people are primed to see isolated criminal acts as collective proof, punitive policy can begin to sound like common sense rather than ideology.
    — Donathan L. Brown, The Conversation, 24 June 2026
  • Activation requires the techniques of reminding, priming, and reinforcing.
    — Mary Crossan, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026
Definition of prime
Verb
  • Kroger is upgrading wine sections at 147 stores, including some in Louisville, adding tasting bars and classes to help educate shoppers.
    — Ray Padilla, Louisville Courier Journal, 11 Sep. 2026
  • The organization aims to educate young people about conservative and Christian beliefs and encourage them to become leaders, the organization’s website states.
    — Elena Tittel, Chicago Tribune, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of educate
Verb
  • The episode went viral and prompted debate about the growing presence of content creators at sporting events — and whether newcomers are being adequately schooled in tennis’ distinct etiquette.
    — Douglas Robson, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2026
  • Although Jawbreaker killed the teen dream in 1999, Rebecca Gayheart is returning to her breakout teen cult classic to school a whole new generation of mean girls.
    — Glenn Garner, Deadline, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of school
Verb
  • After the results of a close Marshall City Council race in central Missouri had been certified, Hoskins' office received a complaint about the tallying of write-in votes, recounted them itself and instructed city officials to change the results.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Then the user is instructed to copy the text and paste it into the Windows Run, PowerShell, or macOS terminal and click Enter.
    — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of instruct
Verb
  • This week provides a major test for Houser and the offense with defending ACC champ Duke and defensive guru Manny Diaz coming to Champaign.
    — The Athletic College Football Staff, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
  • That program, run by the drug’s maker, Revolution Medicines, had been set up to provide access to the drug before it had been approved by regulators.
    — Angus Chen, STAT, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of provide
Verb
  • As emeritus astronauts, Wiseman and Glover will donate their time to train and mentor NASA workers and share their knowledge for future moon missions.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 10 Sep. 2026
  • The No 10s either carry the ball or, if there is pressure, find clever slide passes into the No 9, who is trained to station himself between the centre-back and full-back.
    — Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of train
Verb
  • In late summer, when almond husks split open, workers at Creekside Farming in Madera gear up machinery to shake the trees.
    — Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Wealth has flooded the area as startups like Anthropic and OpenAI gear up for public offerings.
    — Brittney Melton, NPR, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of gear up
Verb
  • Free fruit and shade tree adoption events Across Los Angeles on Saturday, City Plants and the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power are collaborating to supply free fruit and shade trees to Los Angeles residents.
    — Pedro Moura, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Deep Fission said the commercial reactor could eventually supply low-carbon baseload electricity to utilities, industrial customers and data centers.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of supply
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“Boot (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boot%20%28up%29. Accessed 18 Sep. 2026.

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