| VERB | possession | retrofit | provide with parts, devices, or equipment not available or in use at the time of the original manufacture |
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| contact | retrofit | fit in or on an existing structure, such as an older house | |
| change | retrofit | substitute new or modernized parts or equipment for older ones | |
| NOUN | artifact | retrofit | a component or accessory added to something after it has been manufactured |
| act | retrofit | the act of adding a component or accessory to something that did not have it when it was manufactured |
| Sounds | reh'trowfih.t | |
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| Rhymes | acquit ... writ: 187 rhymes with iht... | |
| Meaning | A component or accessory added to something after it has been manufactured. | |
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| Broader | component, constituent, element | An artifact that is one of the individual parts of which a composite entity is made up |
| Meaning | The act of adding a component or accessory to something that did not have it when it was manufactured. | |
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| Example | "the court ordered a retrofit on all automobiles" | |
| Broader | addition | The act of adding one thing to another |
| Meaning | Provide with parts, devices, or equipment not available or in use at the time of the original manufacture. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something with something | |
| Example | "They car companies retrofitted all the old models with new carburetors" | |
| Broader | supply, provide, render, furnish | Give something useful or necessary to |
| Similar to | retrofit | fit in or on an existing structure, such as an older house |
| Spanish | modernizar | |
| Meaning | fit in or on an existing structure, such as an older house. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "The mansion was retrofitted with modern plumbing" | |
| Broader | install, instal, put in, set up | Set up for use |
| Similar to | retrofit | Substitute new or modernized parts or equipment for older ones |
| retrofit | Provide with parts, devices, or equipment not available or in use at the time of the original manufacture | |
| Spanish | modernizar | |
| Meaning | Substitute new or modernized parts or equipment for older ones. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Example | "The laboratory retrofitted to meet the safety codes" | |
| Broader | overhaul, modernize, modernise | make repairs, renovations, revisions or adjustments to |
| Similar to | retrofit | fit in or on an existing structure, such as an older house |
| Spanish | corregir | |
| Catalan | corregir | |
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