Thesaurus.com
Dictionary.com
Showing results for retrofit. Search instead for retrofires.
Definitions

retrofit

[re-troh-fit, re-troh-fit, re-troh-fit] / ˈrɛ troʊˌfɪt, ˌrɛ troʊˈfɪt, ˈrɛ troʊˌfɪt /
VERB
adapt for use with something older
Synonyms


Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

The fourth was to retrofit mobile storage systems in the park’s museum storage facility.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

Schneider Electric said the acquisition would combine its technology offer across residential, retrofit and small commercial buildings with Shelly’s software-led home energy platform.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

Leaders must scramble to retrofit workplaces like hospitals and schools with air conditioning, support farmers switching crops, and build out irrigation systems and water reservoirs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026

The most disruptive part of the retrofit work was carried out first, and included the insulation of shared walls, flooring and the roof.

From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026

The Center has since benefitted by a forty-million-dollar retrofit, but there's still enough forest and swamp on the facility for the Border Patrol to put in tracking practice.

From The Hacker Crackdown, law and disorder on the electronic frontier by Bruce Sterling

Nearly 50% of Nuveen Green Capital’s deployment activity is focused on new construction, with the rest being allocated to building retrofits for things like solar energy upgrades.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026

American Airlines expects screens to be installed across its full fleet by early in the next decade, with retrofits starting in 2028.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026

On Net Zero he proposes a "Northern Way", which subsidises the transition, retrofits, cutting bills, and building exportable locally owned industry.

From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026

Many cities have also not acted on requiring retrofits of other types of potentially vulnerable buildings, including those that have certain flaws to their concrete or steel frames.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2025

Others contend that retrofits should be considered a cost of doing business, given how owners are on the hook for things like replacing leaky roofs or upgrading old electrical panels.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 23, 2024

Bunch said he didn’t initially like the 19th century, castle-like space on the National Mall to be retrofitted for the $1 billion museum, but he said museum leaders convinced him it was a good home.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026

They lived in makeshift apartments and partied in retrofitted warehouses.

From Salon ● Aug. 30, 2026

One of Parton’s first forays into purer pop, this single has the stomp and shuffle of funk and could easily be retrofitted into disco DJ sets.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026

After both planes landed in the United Kingdom, Trump was videotaped coming down the steps from the larger jet, before making his way to the new retrofitted Air Force One.

From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026

His first floor was now being retrofitted to accommodate his wheelchair—its doorways widened, its kitchen sink lowered—part of a joint effort between a nonprofit called Rebuilding Together and the company that owned Sears and Kmart.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

That’s the main reason Norwegian boat-tour company Brim Explorer is retrofitting its whale-watching fleet to run exclusively on battery power by 2030.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026

But when it comes to retrofitting older homes it can be complex due to having to find space for the equipment, which adds to installation costs.

From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026

Given the need for retrofitting, remediation, replacement of obsolete utility systems and massive grading involved, Garcia was not surprised by the long development time.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 12, 2026

At those levels, buyers can commission their own dream homes instead of retrofitting someone else’s fantasy.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 3, 2026

In April the government approved a legal framework to allow people to convert their petrol and diesel vehicles into electric ones, known as "retrofitting".

From Barron's ● May 3, 2026



Vocabulary lists containing retrofit


Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Join 14,000,000 vocabulary learners

Start learning new words today on VocabTrainer.
You'll remember them forever.

Start training