Skip to content
ontologydriven
Sign out

Dictionary

Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

retarget en · VERB

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English target English retarget From re- + target.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To target again.
    • The new marketing campaign will retarget past customers.
  2. (transitive) To change the targeting of (a weapon etc.).
    • “We will have to retarget our missiles on the objects that we think threaten our national security,” he said. 2008 February 15, C. J. Chivers, “President Putin Talks of the Future as Premier”, in New York Times:
  3. (transitive) To adapt so as to run on a different platform.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
retargetting Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part rare lexicographic
retargeted Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
retargeted Tense=Past lexicographic
retargets Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
retargeting Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
retargetted Tense=Past rare lexicographic
retargetted Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part rare lexicographic

Deriveds

retargetable

Translations (1)

fi kohdistaa uudelleen (to change targeting)