reflag

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verb

To change the flag on a vessel, etc.

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Meanings

verbreflag (third-person singular simple present reflags, present participle reflagging, simple past and past participle reflagged)

present singular third person reflags · participle present reflagging · participle past reflagged · past reflagged

  1. transitiveTo change the flag on a vessel, etc.

    The Navy assumed responsibility for escorting the reflagged tankers in the Gulf and through the perilous Strait of Hormuz...

    1996, Robert Timberg, The nightingale's song
  2. transitivecomputingTo flag (mark with a variable) again or differently.

    In addition, it is only necessary to reflag the cells that lie along the free surface and some of their neighbor cells in each computational step.

    1991, Luiz C Wrobel, C A Brebbia, Computational Modelling of Free and Moving Boundary Problems: Fluid flow

Origin

From re- + flag.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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