retime

English

Etymology

re- +‎ time

Pronunciation

• (noun) IPA^(key): /ˈɹiːtaɪm/
• (verb) IPA^(key): /ɹiːˈtaɪm/

Noun

retime (plural retimes)

1. The act of timing again.

Verb

retime (third-person singular simple present retimes, present participle retiming, simple past and past participle retimed)

1. (transitive) To time again.
2. (transitive) To reschedule for another time.

   Train services will be retimed tomorrow because of strike action.

   • 1960 February, R. C. Riley, “The London-Birmingham services - Past, Present and Future”, in Trains Illustrated, page 99:

     Many of the remaining trains have been retimed and where possible freight trains have also been diverted to alternative routes.

3. (transitive) To change the timing or duration of.

   to retime notes in music

Anagrams

• metier, métier, reemit, reëmit, tremie