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retrain

[ ree-treyn ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to train again, especially for a different vocation or different tasks.


verb (used without object)

  1. to be retrained.

retrain

/ ːˈٰɪ /

verb

  1. tr to teach (someone) a new skill so that he or she can do a job or find employment
  2. intr to learn a new skill with a view to doing a job or finding employment
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Word Forms

  • ·ٰa· adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of retrain1

First recorded in 1930–35; re- + train
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Example Sentences

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His wife is retraining to be an occupational therapist so they aren't classed as a "working family".

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But it’s important to retrain your brain and slowly reintroduce yourself to the things that you once enjoyed.

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She now takes immunosuppressants, which she says help a bit, but since being injected with the retrained white blood cells she believes she is in less pain.

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He asked about whether Ukraine would use a ceasefire to mobilise, retrain and resupply its troops, without suggesting his forces might do the same.

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With overseas travel grinding to a halt, Andy left his job as a coach driver later that year and retrained as a telecommunications engineer.

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