refresh

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ɹiˈfɹɛʃ/, X-SAMPA: /ri"frES/

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• Rhymes: -ɛʃ

Etymology

From Old French refrescher (French: rafraîchir)

Verb

Wikipedia

refresh (third-person singular simple present refreshes, present participle refreshing, simple past and past participle refreshed)

1. To renew or revitalize.
2. (computing) To reload a webpage on the internet.
   • 2007, Beth Harbison, Shoe Addicts Anonymous

     She refreshed the page. She was still the high bidder. Good.

3. (computing) To cause (a web browser or similar software) to refresh its display.
   • 2007, Philip C Plumlee, Test Driven Ajax (on Rails)

     You can save your code, refresh your browser, and see a change instantly. This simple trick turns a lowly web browser into a development environment...

4. To perform the periodic energizing required to maintain the contents of computer memory, the display luminance of a computer screen, etc.

Translations

To renew or revitalize

• Arabic: جدد (ar) (jáddada)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 提神 (cmn) (tíshén)

• Czech: občerstvit (cs), osvěžit (cs)
• Dutch: verfrissen (nl)
• Finnish: virkistää (fi), piristää (fi)
• French: rafraîchir (fr)
• German: erfrischen (de), auffrischen (de)
• Greek: ανανεώνω (el) (ananeóno) 
• Hungarian: felüdít (hu), felfrissít (hu)

• Italian: rinfrescare (it)
• Japanese: 爽やかにする (ja) (さわやかにする, sawayaka ni suru)
• Korean: 새롭게 하다 (ko) (saeropge hada)
• Luxembourgish: erfrëschen (lb)
• Polish: odświeżyć (pl)
• Portuguese: refrescar (pt)
• Russian: освежать (ru) (osvežátʹ)  impf., обновлять (ru) (obnovljátʹ)  impf.
• Spanish: refrescar (es)
• Swedish: uppfriska (sv)

To reload a webpage on the internet

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 刷新 (cmn) (shuāxīn)

• Dutch: een webpagina herladen (nl)
• Finnish: päivittää, ladata uudelleen
• German: erfrischen (de)

• Greek: ανανεώνω (el) (ananeóno) 
• Japanese: リフレッシュする (ja) (rifuresshu suru), 再読み込みする (ja) (さいよみこみする, saiyomikomi suru)
• Russian: обновлять (ru) (obnovljátʹ)  impf.

Periodic energizing required to maintain the contents of computer memory

• Greek: ανανεώνω (el) (ananeóno) 

Periodic energizing required to maintain the display luminence of a computer screen

• Finnish: virkistää (fi)

• Greek: ανανεώνω (el) (ananeóno) 

Anagrams

• fresher

Noun

refresh (plural refreshes)

1. The periodic energizing required to maintain the contents of computer memory, the display luminance of a computer screen, etc.
2. (computing) The update of a display (in a web browser or similar software) to show the latest version of the data.

Translations

update of a display

• Russian: обновление (ru) (obnovlénije) n