retarget

R1E1T1A1R1G2E1T1

verb

To target again.

“The new marketing campaign will retarget past customers.”

Scrabble 9

Meanings

verbretarget (third-person singular simple present retargets, present participle retargeting or (rare) retargetting, simple past and past participle retargeted or (rare) retargetted)

present singular third person retargets · participle present retargeting · participle present rare retargetting · participle past retargeted · past retargeted · participle past rare retargetted · past rare retargetted

  1. transitiveTo target again.

    The new marketing campaign will retarget past customers.

  2. transitiveTo 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
  3. transitivecomputingTo adapt so as to run on a different platform.

Origin

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Englishtarget
  7. Englishretarget

From re- + target.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Finnish kohdistaa uudelleen
  • kohdistaa uudelleento change targeting

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

Source: retarget on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.