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recalibrating

recalibrating is the present participle and gerund of recalibrate.

Meaning of recalibrate

Verb

recalibrate (third-person singular simple present recalibrates, present participle recalibrating, simple past and past participle recalibrated)

  1. To calibrate for a second or subsequent time.
    • 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).2016 February 7, Michael Barbaro, “Once Impervious, Marco Rubio Is Diminished by a Caustic Chris Christie”, in The New York Times

Questions about recalibrating

What is recalibrating the present participle and gerund of?
Recalibrating is the present participle and gerund of recalibrate.

Words near recalibrating in the dictionary

  1. recalibratable
  2. recalibrate
  3. recalibrateable
  4. recalibrated
  5. recalibrates
  6. recalibrating
  7. recalibration
  8. recalibrations
  9. recalibrator
  10. recalibrators
  11. recalk

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