Meanings
present singular third person recalibrates · participle present recalibrating · participle past recalibrated · past recalibrated · alternative re-calibrate
- 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
Origin
- Proto-Italic*wre-
- Latinre-
- Old Frenchre-
- Middle Englishre-
- Englishre-
- Englishcalibre
- Englishcalibrate
- Englishrecalibrate
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 重新校准
- 重新校准calibrate again
Finnish kalibroida uudelleen
- kalibroida uudelleencalibrate again
French recalibrer
- recalibrercalibrate again
Italian ricalibrare
- ricalibrarecalibrate again
Polish przekalibrowywać, przekalibrować
- przekalibrowywaćcalibrate again
- przekalibrowaćcalibrate again
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with recalibrate
Cite this entry
recalibrate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/recalibrate
“recalibrate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/recalibrate. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “recalibrate,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/recalibrate.
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