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
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(transitive) To target again.
The new marketing campaign will retarget past customers.
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(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:
- (transitive) To adapt so as to run on a different platform.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
Translations (1)
fi kohdistaa uudelleen (to change targeting)