Synonyms

relearn

British

/ riːˈlɜːn /

verb

to learn (something previously known) again

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Example Sentences

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After spending a couple of months in hospital she was discharged as a wheelchair user and had to relearn how to walk.

From BBC

“We must relearn what we unlearnt,” said Nils Schmid, deputy defense minister.

From The Wall Street Journal

Gagarin began training in a MiG fighter jet, relearning the feel of the controls.

From Literature

And it’s funny because some of the earlier albums we don’t play all the songs from them so we had to go back and relearn a lot of songs.

From Los Angeles Times

Lanthimos and screenwriter Will Tracy cleverly consider the realistic aftermath of public acts of violence, asserting that we must first relearn how to listen to one another for real change to occur.

From Salon

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