restarting
USREE-start-ing/ˈɹiːˌstɑɹtɪŋ/UKri-STAHT-ing/ˌɹɪˈstɑːtɪŋ/
- 1Present participle and gerund of restart.
She kept restarting the engine, hoping it would finally catch.
Restarting the negotiations proved harder than breaking them off.
Note
A form that works on both sides of the verb's double life: you can be restarting something, or something can simply be restarting. In "she is restarting the engine" it takes an object; in "the engine is restarting" it needs none. In computing it does the work of rebooting, as in a laptop restarting after an update. As a verbal noun it sits beside the plain noun restart: the restart of play, but restarting play.
restarting is a form of restart
restart, verb: To begin or set something in motion again after a pause or interruption. Full entry
- Spelling
- restart → restarting: add -ing
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