CALIBRATE: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for CALIBRATE?

Need another word that means the same as “calibrate”? Find 30 synonyms and 30 related words for “calibrate” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Calibrate” are: fine-tune, graduate, compute, work out, reckon, figure, enumerate, determine, evaluate, quantify, assess, cost, put a figure on, classify, class, categorize, bracket, sort, group, order, arrange, type, pigeonhole, brand, size, modify, alter, regulate, tune, balance

Calibrate as a Verb

Definitions of "Calibrate" as a verb

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “calibrate” as a verb can have the following definitions:

• Mark (the scale of a measuring instrument) so that it can be read in the desired units.
• Adjust (experimental results) to take external factors into account or to allow comparison with other data.
• Mark (a gauge or instrument) with a standard scale of readings.
• Measure the caliber of.
• Correlate the readings of (an instrument) with those of a standard in order to check the instrument's accuracy.
• Carefully assess, set, or adjust (something abstract.
• Make fine adjustments or divide into marked intervals for optimal measuring.

Synonyms of "Calibrate" as a verb (30 Words)

alter	Make an alteration to. Eliot was persuaded to alter the passage.
arrange	Make arrangements for. They hoped to arrange a meeting.
assess	Set the value of a tax, fine, etc., for (a person or property) at a specified level. The committee must assess the relative importance of the issues.
balance	Bring into balance or equilibrium. A mug that she balanced on her knee.
bracket	Support with brackets. I have bracketed the phrase of contrary qualities in the translation since it is not explicit in the Greek.
brand	To accuse or condemn or openly or formally or brand as disgraceful. An ointment that branded her with unsightly violet coloured splotches.
categorize	Place into or assign to a category. Children learn early on to categorize.
class	Arrange or order by classes or categories. How would you classify these pottery shards are they prehistoric.
classify	Designate (documents or information) as officially secret. How would you classify these pottery shards are they prehistoric.
compute	Make a mathematical calculation or computation. The hire charge is computed on a daily basis.
cost	Cause the loss or unpleasant consequence of. If you want to own an island it ll cost you.
determine	Find out learn or determine with certainty usually by making an inquiry or other effort. The tree determines the border of the property.
enumerate	Specify individually. There is not space to enumerate all his works.
evaluate	Evaluate or estimate the nature quality ability extent or significance of. Substitute numbers in a simple formula and evaluate the answer.
figure	Be or play a part of or in. The issue of nuclear policy figured prominently in the talks.
fine-tune	Improve or perfect by pruning or polishing.
graduate	Successfully complete an academic degree, course of training, or (in North America) high school. He graduated in the summer with a 2 2 degree.
group	Arrange into a group or groups. Three chairs were grouped around a table.
modify	Transform (a structure) from its original anatomical form during development or evolution. Please modify this letter to make it more polite.
order	Place in a certain order. Her normally well ordered life.
pigeonhole	Put a document in a pigeonhole. He pigeonholed his charts and notes.
put a figure on	Cause (someone) to undergo something.
quantify	Express or measure the quantity of. Can you quantify your results.
reckon	Take account of. The Byzantine year was reckoned from 1 September.
regulate	Fix or adjust the time, amount, degree, or rate of. A hormone which regulates metabolism.
size	Make to a size bring to a suitable size. She was trying to size up a room with a tape measure.
sort	Look at (a group of things) one after another in order to classify them or make a selection. She sat down and sorted through her mail.
tune	Adjust or adapt (something) to a particular purpose or situation. The animals are finely tuned to life in the desert.
type	Write something on a typewriter or computer by pressing the keys. I m learning to type.
work out	Cause to happen or to occur as a consequence.

Usage Examples of "Calibrate" as a verb

• Calibrate an instrument.
• A separate control experiment is then carried out to calibrate the calorimeter.
• The depth gauge is calibrated in centimetres.
• The radiocarbon results would need to be calibrated to convert them to calendar ages.
• He calibrated the thermometer for the Celsius scale.
• Calibrate a gun.
• The regulators cannot properly calibrate the risks involved.

Associations of "Calibrate" (30 Words)

airspeed	The speed of an aircraft relative to the air in which it is flying.
ammeter	A meter that measures the flow of electrical current in amperes.
amount	Be tantamount or equivalent to. Their actions amounted to a conspiracy.
anemometer	An instrument for measuring the speed of the wind, or of any current of gas.
benchmark	Give particular results during a benchmark test. The pay settlement will set a benchmark for other employers and workers.
count	Show consideration for take into account. I count myself fortunate to have known him.
dashboard	Protective covering consisting of a panel to protect people from the splashing water or mud etc. The main line graph in the dashboard shows daily traffic to our site over the past 30 days.
dial	Call a phone number by turning a dial or using a keypad or touchscreen. He must be one of the new batch I haven t seen his dial before.
digital	Relating to using or storing data or information in the form of digital signals. A digital recording.
fathomable	Capable of being penetrated or comprehended.
gage	A measuring instrument for measuring and indicating a quantity such as the thickness of wire or the amount of rain etc. A guide sent to them by the headman of this place gaged his life as a forfeit if he failed.
gauge	Measure the dimensions of an object with a gauge. Emigration is perhaps the best gauge of public unease.
magnitude	A number assigned to the ratio of two quantities two quantities are of the same order of magnitude if one is less than 10 times as large as the other the number of magnitudes that the quantities differ is specified to within a power o. A range of a tenth of a magnitude.
measurable	Something that can be quantified, especially a sports player’s height and weight. A measurable figure in literature.
measure	Determine the measurements of something or somebody take measurements of. This table surfaces measures 20inches by 36 inches.
measurement	The action of measuring something. A hand is a measurement used for measuring horses.
meter	Stamp with a meter indicating the postage. Meter the flow of water.
metric	The metric system. The levels of branching are arbitrary and no precise metric is applied to distance between the nodes.
mileage	Actual or potential benefit or use to be derived from a situation or event. The mileage rate will be 30p per mile.
miter	The surface of a beveled end of a piece where a miter joint is made. He covered the miter with glue before making the joint.
odometer	A meter that shows mileage traversed.
photometer	Photographic equipment that measures the intensity of light.
quantifiable	Capable of being quantified. The benefits are not easily quantifiable.
quantity	The figure or symbol representing a quantity. Many people like to buy in quantity.
speedometer	A meter fixed to a vehicle that measures and displays its speed.
tachometer	Measuring instrument for indicating speed of rotation.
thermometer	An instrument for measuring and indicating temperature, typically one consisting of a narrow, hermetically sealed glass tube marked with graduations and having at one end a bulb containing mercury or alcohol which extends along the tube as it expands.
velocity	(in general use) speed. The tank shot backwards at an incredible velocity.
voltmeter	Meter that measures the potential difference between two points.
weight	Weight down with a load. She misjudged the weight of the book and dropped it.