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
  • Norwegian design studio Salt Ship Design had a mammoth 6,500 gross tonnes of volume to play with, so gave the vessel a distinctive reverse bow and open aft deck that’s primed for helicopter ops.
    Katia Damborsky, Robb Report, 2 Jan. 2025
  • Liverpool’s vice-captain has had an excellent first half of the season under new coach Arne Slot, with the Anfield club primed to compete for trophies domestically and in Europe.
    Elias Burke, The Athletic, 31 Dec. 2024
Definition of prime
Verb
  • The idea of Ariana Grande being enough of an expert on gay slang to educate Yeoh is patently hilarious, but not in the way that the Golden Globes writers likely intended.
    James Factora, Them, 6 Jan. 2025
  • The group’s funding comes from Mansoor and Haider Syed, two brothers who were born in Saudi Arabia but educated in the U.S. who led a fund established to buy a football club.
    Matt Woosnam, The Athletic, 6 Jan. 2025
Definition of educate
Verb
  • When possible, send your student to school well-fed, well-equipped, and well-rested.
    Peter Greene, Forbes, 5 Jan. 2025
  • For example, for every additional year of schooling a woman received, her earnings increased 13%.
    Harry Anthony Patrinos, The Conversation, 3 Jan. 2025
Definition of school
Verb
  • Webb, who called into the arraignment from a call room at Oakland County Jail, pleaded not guilty and was instructed not to talk by court counsel.
    Liam Rappleye, Detroit Free Press, 28 Dec. 2024
  • Jun-ho, still watching Gi-hun’s tracker move, instructs the backup team to initiate plan B. This episode also weaves in a secondary plot that introduces us to No-eul, a North Korean defector who is sleeping in her car and working as a bunny mascot at an amusement park.
    Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 26 Dec. 2024
Definition of instruct
Verb
  • The Swift Water Response Team used its rescue boat to reach the family, who were provided life jackets before being escorted to shore and checked out by Madison County EMS, according to the Fire Department's post.
    NWA Democrat-Gazette, arkansasonline.com, 2 Jan. 2025
  • The administration had also unveiled a separate program that would have provided student loan forgiveness to people based on hardship.
    Adam S. Minsky, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
Definition of provide
Verb
  • The Bekaa Valley is not only one of the Party of God’s strongholds, but also its ideological birthplace, where Iran and its Revolutionary Guards helped train Shiite militants shortly after Israel invaded Lebanon in 1982.
    Youmna Melhem Chamieh, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
  • This includes security testing from the Google AI Red Team on prompt attacks, training data extraction, backdooring the model, adversarial examples, data poisoning and exfiltration.
    Davey Winder, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
Definition of train
Verb
  • Entertainment gossip and news from Newsweek's network of contributors With Hoda Kotb's impending departure from Today, including her 4th hour programming with co-host Jenna Bush Hager, the network is gearing up for a new era centered around Bush Hager.
    Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
  • Your Horoscope for January: A Time for Bold New Beginnings Aries (March 20-April 19) January is gearing up to test your emotional endurance with power struggles and inner conflict taking center stage, Aries.
    Valerie Mesa, People.com, 7 Jan. 2025
Definition of gear up
Verb
  • Wirth said Chevron will help supply these data centers with gas , hinting at more specific announcements on the horizon.
    Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 8 Jan. 2025
  • The persistently positive Quinn and his staff supply the front office with a detailed list of preferences.
    Ben Standig, The Athletic, 8 Jan. 2025
Definition of supply
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