robustify en · VERB
Pronunciation
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Etymology
Etymology tree Latin rōbus Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tos Latin -tus Latin rōbustuslbor. English robust Latin -i- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *θakos Proto-Italic *-fakos Latin -ficus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin -ficō Latin -ificāreder. Old French -ifierbor. Middle English -ifien English -ify English robustify From robust + -ify.
Meanings
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To make robust, especially (software, statistics) to make more tolerant of unexpected events.
The UI looks nice, but you'll need to robustify it before it goes into production.
To robustify the Mincer and Zarnowitz (1969) test against instabilities, Rossi and Sekhposyan (2016) propose a fluctuation test constructed over rolling windows[.]
2024, Barbara Rossi, “Recent developments in forecast evaluation”, in Michael P. Clements, Ana Beatriz Galvão, editors, Handbook of Research Methods and Applications in Macroeconomic Forecasting, Edward Elgar, page 294 of 274-304:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| robustifying | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| robustifies | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| robustified | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| robustified | Tense=Past | lexicographic |