recondition
Americanverb (used with object)
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reconditions,
present (3rd person singular)
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reconditioned,
past participle, past
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reconditioning
present participle
verb
Other Word Forms
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Participles
Conjugated Forms
Present
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reconditionsimple
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reconditionssimple
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have reconditionedperfect
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has reconditionedperfect
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am reconditioningprogressive
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are reconditioningprogressive
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is reconditioningprogressive
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have been reconditioningperfect progressive
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has been reconditioningperfect progressive
Past
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reconditionedsimple
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had reconditionedperfect
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was reconditioningprogressive
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were reconditioningprogressive
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had been reconditioningperfect progressive
Future
Etymology
Origin of recondition
Example Sentences
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However, it warned of higher costs to recondition vehicles.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 18, 2026
Some will be purchased by dealers who will recondition them and sell them as used cars.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 20, 2023
Unseld said before the game that Beal will need time to recondition, but the plan was for him to travel with the Wizards on their upcoming trip.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 12, 2022
There are few spare parts, he said, so he cannibalizes parts from damaged planes to try to recondition a few aircraft to fly.
From New York Times ● Mar. 13, 2022
He’d been so horrified by the condition of what he called “the boss’s lawn” that he’d come by to recondition it.
From "Lawn Boy" by Gary Paulsen
Family-owned Seattle Barrel, collects, reconditions and sells 55-gallon industrial drums.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 18, 2019
The hope is that “when you engage in the game pretty intensely for long periods of time, it actually reconditions how the brain processes information.”
From Scientific American ● Nov. 2, 2015
It was reconditioned after last season and recertified for use in 2011 by Stadium System, a company based in Canaan, Conn., that reconditions helmets for hundreds of schools around the country.
From New York Times ● Oct. 20, 2011
Its Cinefonics division makes documentary films both for Cook and other companies; the Air Mod division reconditions Air Force planes and repairs electronic gear.
From Time Magazine Archive
His specialty is handmade British doubles, which he imports, reconditions and resells.
From Time Magazine Archive
Much of that equipment is being taken out of the plant to be rebuilt and reconditioned.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 11, 2026
The "My Heart Your Heart" program began sending reconditioned pacemakers abroad in 2010 for cases of compassionate use, in which there is no alternative to treat a life threatening cardiac condition.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 20, 2024
City officials said they’d previously fined the shop for its e-bike charging practices, though inspectors reportedly did not check to see if the store was selling reconditioned batteries on a recent visit.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 23, 2023
After housing support service Engage Leeds provided her with the reconditioned tablet, she secured an office job at the NHS in Leeds.
From BBC ● Jan. 4, 2023
Last week I sent a tuner over to my parents’ apartment and had the piano reconditioned, for purely sentimental reasons.
From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan
Carvana underwrites its own loans, giving it an advantage to used car salesmen, reflected in its cars worth $500 to $1000 versus rivals after reconditioning, helped by its scale, Bellas said.
From Barron's ● May 13, 2026
Gross profit per unit is expected to normalize over coming quarters, and the reconditioning costs per unit would have been $220 lower if all the company’s locations were as efficient as the top 25%.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 20, 2026
He sat out for reconditioning and missed the first game of the Clippers’ back-to-back set after signing with them this week, the 28-year-old looking forward to playing backup point guard for his new team.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 13, 2025
The U-M team sorts and interrogates recycled pacemakers, only reconditioning those that have more than four years of battery life.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 20, 2024
The only option was to ship all the magnets back to the manufacturer, Allis-Chalmers, for cleaning and radical reconditioning.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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