recalibrate

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US/ˌɹiˈkæl.ə.bɹeɪt/

verb

To calibrate for a second or subsequent time.

UncommonScrabble 15

Meanings

verbrecalibrate (third-person singular simple present recalibrates, present participle recalibrating, simple past and past participle recalibrated)

present singular third person recalibrates · participle present recalibrating · participle past recalibrated · past recalibrated · alternative re-calibrate

  1. 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

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Englishcalibre
  7. Englishcalibrate
  8. Englishrecalibrate

From re- + calibrate.

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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

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APA

recalibrate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/recalibrate

MLA

“recalibrate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/recalibrate. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “recalibrate,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/recalibrate.

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