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retool

/riːˈtuːl/

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Northern Ireland/riˈtʉl/

retool verb: to adjust; to optimize; to rebuild.

Verb

retool (third-person singular simple present retools, present participle retooling, simple past and past participle retooled)

  1. (transitive) To adjust; to optimize; to rebuild.
    • He decided it was time to retool last year's marketing brochure.
    • The coronation of a British ruler is, of course, a political ritual and a religious ceremony. But it is also, as the crowning of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953 established, a TV show. It’s an anachronistic assertion of divine right retooled to recognize that, in the electronic era, even hereditary...2023 May 6, James Poniewozik, “Charles III Was Crowned King. But Can He Ever Be the Star?”, in The New York Times

retool meaning in Bengali

retool in Bengali

সমন্বয় করা, সেরা করা, পুনরায় তৈরি করা

Forms of retool

third-person singular presentretools
present participleretooling
past participleretooled
pastretooled

Past tense of retool: retooled

Origin of retool

From re- + tool.

Words formed from retool

Words that rhyme with retool

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Questions about retool

What does retool mean?
Retool means to adjust; to optimize; to rebuild.
What is retool in Bengali?
Retool in Bengali is সমন্বয় করা, সেরা করা, পুনরায় তৈরি করা. See Retool meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is retool?
Retool is a verb.
How do you pronounce retool?
Retool is pronounced /riːˈtuːl/.
What is the past tense of retool?
The past tense of retool is retooled.

Words near retool in the dictionary

  1. retone
  2. retoned
  3. retones
  4. retoning
  5. retook
  6. retool
  7. retoolable
  8. retooled
  9. retooler
  10. retoolers
  11. retooling

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Adapted from Wiktionary: retool (page history and authors); retool (Bengali Wiktionary) (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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