retrofitverb [ T ]
uk/ˈret.rəʊ.fɪt/us/ˈret.rə.fɪt/-tt-to provide a machine with a part, or a place with equipment, that it did not originally have when it was built:
A state program to retrofit engines with pollution controls has succeeded in reducing pollution from trains.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Correcting and mending
- clean (sth) up
- correction
- fiddle (around) with sth
- fine-tune
- fix sth up
- lie
- mess
- patch
- reconstruction
- refine
- refinement
- refit
- remediate
- revised
- smooth
- troubleshooting
- tune
- tune (sth) up
- under repair idiom
- work on sth
See more results »
retrofitnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈret.rəʊ.fɪt/us/ˈret.rə.fɪt/an occasion when a machine or place is retrofitted:
Many hospitals are struggling to pay for the retrofits.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Correcting and mending
- clean (sth) up
- correction
- fiddle (around) with sth
- fine-tune
- fix sth up
- lie
- mess
- patch
- reconstruction
- refine
- refinement
- refit
- remediate
- revised
- smooth
- troubleshooting
- tune
- tune (sth) up
- under repair idiom
- work on sth
See more results »