retrofit
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English
Etymology
The verb is derived from retro- (prefix meaning ‘back; backward’) + fit (“to equip, supply”).
The noun, which is first attested later than the verb, is either derived:
- from the verb (see above); or
- from retro- + fit (“act of fitting; conformity of elements one to another”).
Pronunciation
- Verb:
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌɹɛtɹəʊˈfɪt/, /ˈɹɛtɹə(ʊ)ˌfɪt/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˌɹɛtɹoʊˈfɪt/, /ˈɹɛtɹoʊˌfɪt/
- Noun:
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɹɛtɹə(ʊ)ˌfɪt/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɹɛtɹoʊˌfɪt/
- Hyphenation: re‧tro‧fit
Verb
retrofit (third-person singular simple present retrofits, present participle retrofitting, simple past and past participle retrofitted) (originally US)
- (transitive)
- To supply (a device, structure, etc.) with new components or parts that were not previously available or installed; to modernize.
- Synonym: backfit
- 2020 January 2, Richard Clinnick, “Midlands Metro Welcomes New Catenary-free Trams”, in Rail, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire: Bauer Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 16:
- Trams dating from 2012 have been retro-fitted with lithium batteries, with the conversions starting in 2018.
- To add or substitute (new components or parts) that were not previously available for or installed in a device, structure, etc.
- Synonym: backfit
- (computing) Synonym of backport (“to retroactively supply a fix or feature to a previous version of a software product at the same time or after supplying it to the current version.”)
- The bug was so bad that we had to retrofit our patch to the last three releases, as well as the newest release.
- (figuratively) To give new characteristics or make alterations (to someone or something) to suit them to changed circumstances.
- To supply (a device, structure, etc.) with new components or parts that were not previously available or installed; to modernize.
- (intransitive) To supply a device, structure, etc., with new components or parts that were not previously available or installed.
Derived terms
- retrofittable
- retrofitted (adjective)
- retrofitter
- retrofitting (noun)
- retrogreen
- seismic retrofit
Related terms
Translations
(transitive) to supply (a device, structure, etc.) with new components or parts that were not previously available or installed — see also modernize
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(transitive) to add or substitute (new components or parts) that were not previously available for or installed in a device, structure, etc.
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synonym of backport — see backport
to give new characteristics or make alterations (to someone or something) to suit them to changed circumstances
(intransitive) to supply a device, structure, etc., with new components or parts that were not previously available or installed
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Noun
retrofit (plural retrofits) (originally US)
- An act of supplying a device, structure, etc., with new components or parts that were not previously available or installed; a retrofitting.
- A change made to a device, structure, etc., by introducing components or parts that were not previously available or installed.
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
act of supplying a device, structure, etc., with new components or parts that were not previously available or installed — see also retrofitting
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change made to a device, structure, etc., by introducing components or parts that were not previously available or installed
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See also
References
- ^ Compare “retrofit, v.”, in OED Online
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, March 2022; “retrofit, v.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- ^ “retrofit, n.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, March 2022; “retrofit, n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
Further reading
retrofitting on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - retrofit (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Italian
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English retrofit.
Noun
retrofit m (invariable)