Meanings
present singular third person retargets · participle present retargeting · participle present rare retargetting · participle past retargeted · past retargeted · participle past rare retargetted · past rare retargetted
- transitiveTo target again.
The new marketing campaign will retarget past customers.
- 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
Origin
- Proto-Italic*wre-
- Latinre-
- Old Frenchre-
- Middle Englishre-
- Englishre-
- Englishtarget
- Englishretarget
Translations
Finnish kohdistaa uudelleen
- kohdistaa uudelleento change targeting
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Cite this entry
retarget. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/retarget
“retarget.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/retarget. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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