retime

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/ˈɹiːtaɪm//ɹiːˈtaɪm/

noun

The act of timing again.

“to retime notes in music”

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Meanings

nounretime (plural retimes)

plural retimes

  1. The act of timing again.
verbretime (third-person singular simple present retimes, present participle retiming, simple past and past participle retimed)

present singular third person retimes · participle present retiming · participle past retimed · past retimed

  1. transitiveTo time again.
  2. transitiveTo reschedule for another time.

    Train services will be retimed tomorrow because of strike action.

    1 more example

    Many of the remaining trains have been retimed and where possible freight trains have also been diverted to alternative routes.

    1960 February, R. C. Riley, “The London-Birmingham services - Past, Present and Future”, in Trains Illustrated, page 99
  3. transitiveTo change the timing or duration of.

    to retime notes in music

Origin

From re- + time.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

tremiereemit
Cite this entry
APA

retime. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/retime

MLA

“retime.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/retime. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “retime,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/retime.

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