Phrase guide
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Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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noun
A button that resets something.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: business, electrical-engineering, electricity, electromagnetism, electronics, energy, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
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noun
A plot device that interrupts continuity in works of fiction, by returning characters and situations to the status quo they held before certain changes were introduced.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: fiction, literature, media, publishing
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noun
a push button that you press to activate the reset mechanism
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: push button, push, button
History
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Across languages
2 source translations are retained for this English entry.
