RETROFIT (retrofitted, retrofitting)
Dictionary entry overview: What does retrofit mean?
• RETROFIT (noun)
The noun RETROFIT has 2 senses:
1. a component or accessory added to something after it has been manufactured
2. the act of adding a component or accessory to something that did not have it when it was manufactured
Familiarity information: RETROFIT used as a noun is rare.
• RETROFIT (verb)
The verb RETROFIT has 3 senses:
1. provide with parts, devices, or equipment not available or in use at the time of the original manufacture
2. fit in or on an existing structure, such as an older house
3. substitute new or modernized parts or equipment for older ones
Familiarity information: RETROFIT used as a verb is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• RETROFIT (noun)
Meaning:
A component or accessory added to something after it has been manufactured
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("retrofit" is a kind of...):
component; constituent; element (an artifact that is one of the individual parts of which a composite entity is made up; especially a part that can be separated from or attached to a system)
Meaning:
The act of adding a component or accessory to something that did not have it when it was manufactured
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Context example:
the court ordered a retrofit on all automobiles
Hypernyms ("retrofit" is a kind of...):
addition (the act of adding one thing to another)
• RETROFIT (verb)
Meaning:
Provide with parts, devices, or equipment not available or in use at the time of the original manufacture
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Context example:
They car companies retrofitted all the old models with new carburetors
Hypernyms (to "retrofit" is one way to...):
furnish; provide; render; supply (provide or furnish with)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something with something
Meaning:
Fit in or on an existing structure, such as an older house
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Context example:
The mansion was retrofitted with modern plumbing
Hypernyms (to "retrofit" is one way to...):
instal; install; put in; set up (set up for use)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Substitute new or modernized parts or equipment for older ones
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Context example:
The laboratory retrofitted to meet the safety codes
Hypernyms (to "retrofit" is one way to...):
modernise; modernize; overhaul (make repairs, renovations, revisions or adjustments to)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
