"retarget" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From re- + target.",
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      "form": "retargets",
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    {
      "form": "retargeting",
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    {
      "form": "retargetting",
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    {
      "form": "retargeted",
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        "past"
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    {
      "form": "retargeted",
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        "past"
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      "form": "retargetted",
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        "past"
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    {
      "form": "retargetted",
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        "past"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The new marketing campaign will retarget past customers.",
          "type": "example"
        }
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      "glosses": [
        "To target again."
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To target again."
      ],
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        "transitive"
      ]
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        {
          "ref": "2008 February 15, C. J. Chivers, “President Putin Talks of the Future as Premier”, in New York Times:",
          "text": "“We will have to retarget our missiles on the objects that we think threaten our national security,” he said.",
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      "glosses": [
        "To change the targeting of (a weapon etc.)."
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To change the targeting of (a weapon etc.)."
      ],
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        "transitive"
      ],
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to change targeting",
          "word": "kohdistaa uudelleen"
        }
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      "glosses": [
        "To adapt so as to run on a different platform."
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        "(transitive, programming) To adapt so as to run on a different platform."
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        "programming",
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  "word": "retarget"
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      "word": "retargetable"
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      "form": "retargetting",
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    {
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      ],
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        {
          "text": "The new marketing campaign will retarget past customers.",
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        }
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      "glosses": [
        "To target again."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To target again."
      ],
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        "transitive"
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          "text": "“We will have to retarget our missiles on the objects that we think threaten our national security,” he said.",
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        }
      ],
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        "To change the targeting of (a weapon etc.)."
      ],
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          "target"
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        "(transitive) To change the targeting of (a weapon etc.)."
      ],
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        "transitive"
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        "en:Programming"
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        "To adapt so as to run on a different platform."
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          "adapt",
          "adapt"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, programming) To adapt so as to run on a different platform."
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to change targeting",
      "word": "kohdistaa uudelleen"
    }
  ],
  "word": "retarget"
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