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retrofitret‧ro‧fit /ˈretrəʊfɪt $ -troʊ-/ verb (past tense and past participle retrofitted, present participle retrofitting) [transitive] VERB TABLEretrofit |
Present | I, you, we, they | retrofit | | he, she, it | retrofits | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | retrofitted | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have retrofitted | | he, she, it | has retrofitted | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had retrofitted | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will retrofit | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have retrofitted |
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Present | I | am retrofitting | | he, she, it | is retrofitting | | you, we, they | are retrofitting | Past | I, he, she, it | was retrofitting | | you, we, they | were retrofitting | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been retrofitting | | he, she, it | has been retrofitting | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been retrofitting | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be retrofitting | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been retrofitting |
- Some manufacturers are already offering to retrofit old models with catalytic converters.
- The latest build is air-conditioned, and following the final deliveries Adtranz is to retrofit the earlier cars with full air-conditioning.
to improve a machine, piece of equipment, building etc by putting new and better parts in it after it has been used for some time: plans to retrofit oil boilers—retrofit noun [countable]—retrofitting noun [uncountable] |