refresh
IPA: rɪfrˈɛʃ
noun
- The periodic energizing required to maintain the contents of computer memory, the display luminance of a computer screen, etc.
- (computing) The update of a display (in a web browser or similar software) to show the latest version of the data.
- The process of modernizing something.
verb
- (transitive) To renew or revitalize.
- (intransitive) To become fresh again; to be revitalized.
- (computing, transitive, intransitive) To reload (a document, especially a webpage) and show any new changes.
- (computing, transitive, intransitive) To cause (a web browser or similar software) to refresh its display.
- To perform the periodic energizing required to maintain the contents of computer memory, the display luminance of a computer screen, etc.
- (intransitive, colloquial, dated) To take refreshment; to eat or drink.
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Examples of "refresh" in Sentences
- Slumber refreshes people.
- They provide quick refreshment.
- The difference is refreshing and fun.
- It was so refreshing and invigorating.
- I refreshed the cache on the redirect.
- In the meantime, I've refreshed the cache.
- The language of the article was refreshing.
- Then refresh the page that the template is on.
- There are refreshments at the back of the room.
- That was a refreshing breath of air in the article.
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