retrain
verb (used with object)
to train again, especially for a different vocation or different tasks.
had retrained
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past perfectof retrain.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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A former lawyer who had retrained as a baker at a trendy cafe in the Black Sea city, he joined the Ukrainian army a year later.
From Barron's ● Feb. 22, 2026
The company added it had retrained G4S prison staff who would be deployed to the centre.
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2021
My mom, who had retrained in computerized accounting, started using her free time to search for his name in prison databases.
From New York Times ● Jun. 15, 2021
Since they first met, she had retrained and qualified as a solicitor, and in January 2000, she started representing him.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 1, 2020
He was fond of her, but Chaol didn’t know if he could sleep at night knowing that he had retrained and released the world’s greatest assassin.
From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas
