recalibration
- noun
- /ˌriːkælɪˈbreɪʃən/
- The company underwent a recalibration of its marketing strategy to better target its audience.
The reset or what I'm calling a recalibration is everything.
- The reset or what I'm calling a recalibration is everything.
- Like this is going to take some serious recalibration.
- So there is a huge interest people in engaging in midlife recalibration.
- You know, to struggle with productivity and vision and drive and work with the coach and hope they fix it. And you know, four week sessions. It's an ongoing recalibration.
- But I think what's the great blessing of this time that we're going through is that there's a recalibration, a re consciousness happening of what really matters in life.
Examples
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Where there has been virtually no progress at all is in the recalibration of the macroeconomic policy mix.
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Sen. John Cornyn, chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, says, "We have a period of reflection and recalibration ahead for the Republican Party."
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All participants were given a break, which was followed by another recalibration procedure.
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Is that not a sign that the pace of our lives needs just a little recalibration?
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The ATH posts serve as my weekly mental recalibration towards thinking about arts issues.
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Reid's recalibration also bears directly on estimates of the Hubble constant and the age of the universe.
Academic text (1997) -
But I think what's the great blessing of this time that we're going through is that there's a recalibration, a re consciousness happening of what really matters in life.
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Sometimes when nudging isn't enough, management authorizes a recalibration.
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This is part of a deep recalibration of meaning and values, shifts in thinking in our wider sphere that the arts and culture reflect—and sometimes lead.
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After years of working in the same role, he decided it was time for a recalibration of his career goals.
Synonyms
Major changes to how a company or group is set up
A change to a plan to make it work better
A change people or groups make to fit new situations
A change in the way things are arranged to make them work better
A change of direction, focus, or beliefs to follow a new way
Antonyms
How Adjusted
Surface Forms
Morphology
recalibration = recalibrate (semi-transparent) = re + calibrate + ion
Standard noun formation from the verb 'recalibrate' by adding '-ion'; the morphological step itself is straightforward.
Etymology
The word recalibration starts with re- 'again' and the rest comes from calibrate, which is related to caliber and means 'measure' or 'size'. So, a recalibration of a plan is making changes or small adjustments to a strategy to help it work better.