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
The government said the investment would build on the success of Devonport-based Babcock, which carries out engineering, maintenance and refit surfaces for Royal Navy submarines and warships.
From BBC ● Apr. 8, 2026
"We weren't even told there was a refit happening."
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
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
Cardone thanked workers for participating at Tridonex, which refits second-hand car parts for sale in the United States and Canada, and said it would work with the winning union once officials certify the vote.
From Reuters ● Mar. 1, 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
—Cease moan, Cytherea! leave pomps for to-day, And weep new when a new year refits thee for weeping.
From The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Vol. I by Elizabeth Barrett Browning
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
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
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
China is now investing heavily in refitting coal-fired power plants to make them more suitable for meeting peak electricity needs, said Zhou Xizhou, a longtime specialist in Chinese energy who is now at S&P Global.
From New York Times ● Nov. 3, 2022
All three of Saan’s ships had been in dire need of refitting, but.by now the work should be complete.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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