retrain
verb (used with object)
to train again, especially for a different vocation or different tasks.
have retrained
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present perfectof retrain.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Laid-off workers have retrained for careers in more promising sectors.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 29, 2020
And is the depth of that reflection compromised because we have retrained ourselves to seek out the immediate gratification of external stimuli?
From New York Times ● Jun. 11, 2016
And, on reflection, perhaps O’Shea might have retrained himself, given his similar absence.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 11, 2015
Meanwhile, many of the unemployed workers who have retrained for jobs in the green energy business are out of luck.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 23, 2010
Ministers said 150,000 former coal miners have retrained or got new jobs.
From BBC ● Mar. 10, 2010
