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recondition
verb
re·con·di·tion
ˌrē-kən-ˈdi-shən
reconditioned; reconditioning; reconditions
1
: to restore to good condition (as by replacing parts)
2
: to condition (a person, a person's attitudes, etc.) anew
also
: to reinstate (a response) in an organism
Examples of recondition in a Sentence
He reconditioned the old car.
asked my neighbor to help me recondition the old tractor for use on the family farm
Recent Examples on the Web
Trains roll into the facilities, where they are disassembled, reconditioned to near-factory specifications, and then sent back out into a railroad that functions as New York’s vascular system, pumping more than a billion riders across 345 million miles each year, 24 hours a day, every day.
—David Waldstein, New York Times, 1 Mar. 2024
Funding models have evolved, money for renovations has started to flow, and thousands of apartments have already been reconditioned.
—Curbed, 9 Jan. 2024
Macallan also worked with Sotheby’s to recondition the capsule of the most recent Valerio Adami bottle to go up for sale.
—Mark Littler, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2023
Before the sale, the distillery’s staffers carefully reconditioned the bottle by replacing the cork and re-adhering the corners of the label.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Nov. 2023
As the ubiquity of e-bikes has grown, so has the frequency of fires and deaths blamed on the batteries that power them — sparking a push to better regulate how the batteries are manufactured, sold, reconditioned, charged and stored.
—Bobby Caina Calvan, Fortune, 27 July 2023
Careful analysis of activity at Uralvagonzavod and Omsktransmash strongly hints the factories every month are shipping out just a few dozen modern-ish tanks: either new-build T-72BM3s or T-90Ms or reconditioned T-72s, T-80s and T-90s that technicians have pulled out of long-term storage.
—David Axe, Forbes, 19 Apr. 2023
The community was able to recondition some of the structure’s architecture, weaving in benches for community members to use.
—Amber Bonefont, Sun Sentinel, 30 Mar. 2023
The point of this project is to recondition myself, and others, toward the more positive view of Black people and guns: to promote a more balanced archive of images of African Americans with firearms by showing responsible gun owners — those who use these weapons for sport, hobby and protection.
—Christian K. Lee, Washington Post, 3 May 2021
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Word History
First Known Use
1857, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Dictionary Entries Near recondition
Cite this Entry
“Recondition.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/recondition. Accessed 15 Jul. 2024.
Kids Definition
recondition
verb
re·con·di·tion
ˌrē-kən-ˈdish-ən
: to return to good condition
reconditioned a used car
Medical Definition
recondition
transitive verb
re·con·di·tion
ˌrē-kən-ˈdish-ən
1
: to restore to good condition and especially to good physical and mental condition
recondition an athlete after severe knee injuries
2
: to condition anew
also
: to reinstate (a response) in an organism
recondition an emotional response
reconditioning
noun
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