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

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In a statement posted online, Apple says if US users delete TikTok or move to a new phone, TikTok and other ByteDance apps can’t be reinstalled. —

Lily Hay Newman, WIRED, 19 Jan. 2025 Now, airport officials and artists are laboring to slowly reinstall those pieces, and have said that all of them will eventually return. —

John Wenzel, The Denver Post, 13 Jan. 2025 The hassle of constantly dismantling and reinstalling an audiophile setup is just too much for some. —

Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 12 Jan. 2025 Without that documentation, the plane left the factory without the panel being properly reinstalled. —

Tribune News Service, Boston Herald, 7 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for reinstall