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
A P&O Cruises spokesperson apologised for the cruise's cancellation, putting it down to the refit delay.
From BBC ● Apr. 21, 2025
He even hired an architect named Peter de Vries to help design plans for the refit of the new barge so that it could sail to the Saya de Malha Bank and survive there.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 28, 2025
It was uncovered when the carpet was ripped up for a refit made possible by a £1,000 fundraising appeal.
From BBC ● Jan. 10, 2025
A particle accelerator at Fermilab in Illinois, meanwhile, cost $260 million merely to refit.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
Some companies in the U.S. construction industry have shown interest because they worry that competitors from Europe and China may export prefabricated materials needed for speedy home refits if U.S. companies don’t start making them.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 27, 2022
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
Asked how many tankers were not seaworthy and needed to go to dry docks for refits to meet international shipping standards, the senior official said: "Around 20 large tankers ... need to be modernized."
From Reuters ● Apr. 19, 2016
She refits her hats and bonnets, retrims her dresses, and in a thousand busy, earnest, happy little ways, sets herself to make the most of her small income.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 82, August, 1864 by Various
The jet has already been refitted by the military, and is to be used until Boeing delivers two new aircraft in the coming years.
From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026
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
Many of these nuclear plants are old and will need to be refitted with new technology for them to function safely.
From BBC ● Feb. 18, 2025
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
She told him she’d gone to the doctor that afternoon to have it refitted, and so he’d put it out of his mind.
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
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
Such a refitting process, says aviation analyst Richard Aboulafia, managing director of AeroDynamic Advisory, would take years, until 2030 at least.
From BBC ● May 17, 2025
I even go to him sometimes when I need help with hand placement and refitting, because he’s a technician at it.”
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 24, 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
He imagined himself as a dentist, removing that gold tooth, pocketing it, and refitting Mr. Trepid with something else, maybe something red, maybe plastic, shaped like a fang.
From "Ruby Holler" by Sharon Creech
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