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reset | continue |

As a noun reset

is a button that resets a device, often a computer.

As a verb continue is

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reset

English

Etymology 1

Verb

  • To set back to the initial state.
  • *
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  • To set to zero.
  • To adjust again after an initial failure.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • An act of resetting to the initial state
  • Setting to zero
  • Something that is reset
  • A device, such as a button or switch, for resetting something.
  • (typography) That which is reset; printed matter set up again.

    • Derived terms

    * factory reset * resettable * resetter

    Etymology 2

    From (receipt)

    Alternative forms

    * ressett

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (Scots law) the crime of knowingly and dishonestly receiving stolen goods, or harbouring an outlaw.

    • References

    * [http://www.police-information.co.uk/legislation/legislationindexsco.html
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    • Anagrams

    * English irregular past participles English irregular simple past forms English irregular verbs English past participles English verb simple past forms English verb forms using redundant wikisyntax English verbs with base form identical to past participle

    continue

    English

    Verb

    (continu)
  • to proceed with (doing an activity); to prolong (an activity).
    • Shall I continue speaking, or will you just interrupt me again?
    Do you want me to continue to unload these?
  • * {{quote-news, year=2012, date=April 15, author=Phil McNulty, work=BBC
    • , title= Tottenham 1-5 Chelsea , passage=Fuelled by their fury, Spurs surged forward and gave themselves hope after 56 minutes when Scott Parker's precise through-ball released Adebayor. He was pulled down in the area by Cech but referee Atkinson allowed play to continue for Bale to roll the ball into an empty net.}}
  • *
    • Firstly, I continue to base most species treatments on personally collected material, rather than on herbarium plants.
  • To make last; to prolong.
  • * , New York, 2001, p.74:
    • Can you account him wise or discreet that would willingly have his health, and yet will do nothing that should procure or continue it?
  • To retain (someone) in a given state, position etc.
  • * 2002 , , The Great Nation , Penguin 2003, p.257:
    • The schools were very much the brainchild of Bertin, and although the latter was ousted from the post of Controller-General by Choiseul in 1763, he was continued by the king as a fifth secretary of state […].
  • To remain in a given place or condition; to remain in connection with; to abide; to stay.
  • * Milton
    • Here to continue , and build up here / A growing empire.
  • * Bible, Matthew xv. 32
    • They continue with me now three days, and have nothing to eat.
  • to resume
    • When will the concert continue ?
  • (legal) To adjourn, prorogue, put off.
    • This meeting has been continued to the thirteenth of July.
  • (poker slang) To make a continuation bet.

    • Usage notes

    * In the transitive sense, (continue) may be followed by either the present participle or the infinitive; hence use either "to continue writing" or "to continue to write". * As (continue) conveys the sense of progression, it is pleonastic to follow it with "on" (as in "Continue on with what you were doing").

    Synonyms

    * carry on, go on with, keep, keep on, proceed with * (sense) carry on, go on, proceed, resume

    Antonyms

    * terminate, discontinue

    Related terms

    * continuation * continuity * continual * continually * continuedly * continuous * continuously * continuum * continent * continental

    Noun

    (wikipedia continue) {{examples-right, sense=statement which causes a loop to execute the next iteration, examples= Line 3 of the following pseudocode contains a continue . 1. for c = 1 to 5 do 2. tif (c == 3) do 3. ttcontinue; 4. tend 5. tprint(c + " "); 6. end}} (en noun)
  • (video games) an option allowing a gamer to resume play after have been lost.
  • (video games) an option allowing a player to .
  • (programming) a , skipping the statements following it

    • Coordinate terms

    * (statement which causes a loop to execute the next iteration) 1000 English basic words ----