retarget

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Etymology

re- + target.

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To target again.
    The new marketing campaign will retarget past customers.
  2. (transitive) To change the targeting of (a weapon etc.).
    • 2008 February 15, C. J. Chivers, “President Putin Talks of the Future as Premier”, in New York Times:
      “We will have to retarget our missiles on the objects that we think threaten our national security,” he said.
  3. (transitive, programming) To adapt so as to run on a different platform.

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