retargeting
retargeting is the present participle and gerund of retarget.
Meaning of retarget
Verb
retarget (third-person singular simple present retargets, present participle retargeting or (rare) retargetting, simple past and past participle retargeted or (rare) retargetted)
- To target again.
- The new marketing campaign will retarget past customers.
- To 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
- To adapt so as to run on a different platform.
Noun
retargeting (countable and uncountable, plural retargetings)
- An instance of something being retargeted.
Forms of retargeting
| plural | retargetings |
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Questions about retargeting
- What does retargeting mean?
- Retargeting means an instance of something being retargeted.
- What is retargeting the present participle and gerund of?
- Retargeting is the present participle and gerund of retarget.
- What part of speech is retargeting?
- Retargeting is a noun.
- What is the plural of retargeting?
- The plural of retargeting is retargetings.
Words near retargeting in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: retargeting (page history and authors); retarget (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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