refit
Americanverb (used with object)
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refits,
present (3rd person singular)
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refitted,
past participle, past
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refitting
present participle
verb (used without object)
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refits,
present (3rd person singular)
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refitted,
past participle, past
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refitting
present participle
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to renew supplies or equipment.
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to get refitted.
noun
verb
noun
Other Word Forms
Derived Forms
Inflected Forms
Participles
Conjugated Forms
Present
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refitsimple
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refitssimple
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have refittedperfect
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has refittedperfect
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am refittingprogressive
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are refittingprogressive
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is refittingprogressive
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have been refittingperfect progressive
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has been refittingperfect progressive
Past
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refittedsimple
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had refittedperfect
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was refittingprogressive
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were refittingprogressive
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had been refittingperfect progressive
Future
Etymology
Origin of refit
Example Sentences
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Another strength of the Chinese is that they are able to retool and refit their refineries much quicker to treat different grades of crude.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 22, 2026
"We've added over 100 aircraft, nearly completed the refit of legacy narrowbodies, and begun inducting widebodies with new interiors. At the same time, we've laid critical infrastructure... to support our long-term ambitions," he said.
From BBC ● Apr. 7, 2026
Since then, the building has undergone a £2m refurbishment that has seen a complete internal refit to the public areas and screens, and "substantial" repairs to the roof and stonework.
From BBC ● Jun. 5, 2025
Aurora is currently in Rotterdam in the Netherlands as its refit continues.
From BBC ● Apr. 21, 2025
His girth required Donal Noye to take apart a mail hauberk and refit it with leather panels at the sides.
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
Similar refits in other buildings will be crucial in a transition to circular construction, says Jeffries.
From Scientific American ● Dec. 22, 2022
The settlement marks a major milestone in the carmaker’s efforts to turn a page on the scandal, which has cost it more than 32 billion euros in vehicle refits, fines and legal costs so far.
From Reuters ● Jul. 22, 2021
Air Force officials unveiled plans Feb. 10 to begin discontinuing several older platforms, including retiring some A-10s even as it refits others with new wings.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 17, 2020
Rather, it refits their mental engines, calibrating them with a creative mindset and the mental elasticity to invent, discover, or otherwise produce something society deems valuable.”
From Slate ● Mar. 27, 2019
American whalers, having brought into port the British arctic relief-ship Resolute, a derelict, Congress purchases it, refits it, and sends it to Queen Victoria as token of American good-will.
From The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 6 August 1906 by Various
Beginning with tobacco, they refitted the dusty doctrine as a battering ram and swung it at guns, lead paint, opioids and oil companies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
Last November, I was shown the newly refitted vehicle equipped for trauma care and vaccinations and told it could treat up to 200 children a day.
From BBC ● Apr. 21, 2026
Americans officials call it the FrankenSAM program, combining advanced, Western-caliber, surface-to-air missiles with refitted Soviet-era launchers or radars that Ukrainian forces already have on hand.
From New York Times ● Oct. 28, 2023
Thomas borrowed the money from Welters, a healthcare executive, to buy a 40-foot refitted tour bus in which he tours the country with his wife, Ginni.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 25, 2023
Everything was repaired, refitted, and recycled, and if one Smokey couldn’t put it to use, it was traded to another.
From "Uglies" by Scott Westerfeld
The European Parliament’s decision to send its just-signed trade agreement with South America for legal review served as a sharp reminder this week of just how challenging refitting the EU will be.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 22, 2026
The home field change is due to Interbay Stadium undergoing refitting to be ADA compliant.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 11, 2023
The 250-foot-long vessel, the Petrel, was bought by the Microsoft co-founder Paul G. Allen in 2016 and underwent extensive refitting to take part in expeditions to explore shipwrecks around the globe.
From New York Times ● Mar. 22, 2023
Transit leaders said they will develop a plan for the nearly unprecedented step of refitting 5,984 wheels onto 2,992 axles of all 748 rail cars in the series.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 28, 2023
McNeish began refitting the twenty-two-foot-long Caird for the journey, decking it over with packing crate lids and canvas, and raising the sides.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
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