recalibrate en · VERB
Pronunciation
- /ˌɹiˈkæl.ə.bɹeɪt/ (General-American)
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English calibre Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English calibrate English recalibrate From re- + calibrate.
Meanings
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To calibrate for a second or subsequent time.
Throughout the evening, Mr. Christie’s admonition about canned lines and rehearsed speeches hovered and seemed to recalibrate how the crowd — and television viewers — processed what Mr. Rubio said (and resaid, over and over).
2016 February 7, Michael Barbaro, “Once Impervious, Marco Rubio Is Diminished by a Caustic Chris Christie”, in The New York Times:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| recalibrating | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| recalibrates | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| recalibrated | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| recalibrated | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| re-calibrate | alternative | lexicographic |
Deriveds
unrecalibrated · recalibrator · recalibratable
Translations (7)
it ricalibrare (calibrate again) · pl przekalibrowywać (calibrate again) · cmn 重新校准 (calibrate again) · fi kalibroida uudelleen (calibrate again) · nrf èrcalibrer (calibrate again) · fr recalibrer (calibrate again) · pl przekalibrować (calibrate again)