recalibrate

/ˌɹiˈkæl.ə.bɹeɪt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.35 in modern English

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"Throughout the evening, Mr. Christie’s admonition about canned lines and rehearsed speeches hovered and seemed to recalibrate how the crowd — and television viewers — processed what Mr. Rubio said (and resaid, over and over)."

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English calibre Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English calibrate English recalibrate From re- + calibrate.

recalibrates (present, singular) recalibrating (participle, present) recalibrated (participle, past) recalibrated (past) re-calibrate (alternative)

recalibratable recalibrator unrecalibrated

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How do you pronounce recalibrate?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˌɹiˈkæl.ə.bɹeɪt/.

What does recalibrate mean?

To calibrate for a second or subsequent time.

Where does recalibrate come from?

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