retrain

[ ree-treyn ]

/ riˈtreɪn /

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verb (used with object)

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

verb (used without object)

to be retrained.

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Origin of retrain

First recorded in 1930–35; re- + train

OTHER WORDS FROM retrain

re·train·a·ble, adjective

Words nearby retrain

retract, retractile, retraction, retractive, retractor, retrain, retrainee, retral, retread, retreat, retreatant

How to use retrain in a sentence

“I don’t want to necessarily cut services only to six months later or a year later have to restore them and rehire people and retrain people,” Goldstone said last week.
City Leaders Warn Departments: Start Looking for Cuts|Lisa Halverstadt|January 12, 2021|Voice of San Diego
In practice, models are trained and retrained many times over during research and development.
We read the paper that forced Timnit Gebru out of Google. Here’s what it says.|Karen Hao|December 5, 2020|MIT Technology Review
Once trained staff members, such as bus and train operators, are laid off, it takes time to hire and retrain people to ramp service back up.
Here’s what to know about Metro’s proposed service cuts|Justin George|December 3, 2020|Washington Post
Mulligan saw the flexibility of experienced and older workers firsthand when Guardian Life retrained employees on new cloud data tools, and other survey and research data support the point.
Lay off the layoffs, experts say. To transform effectively, focus on retraining instead|dzanemorris|October 27, 2020|Fortune

The department has also previously declined to answer questions about whether officers who wrote seditious language tickets will be punished or retrained.
Officers Who Wrote Multiple Seditious Language Tickets Have Been Accused of Other Violations|Kara Grant|October 14, 2020|Voice of San Diego
It will have to pay stipends to heads of families while they retrain, and will need to protect haredim from job discrimination.
Lapid's Budget: Let the Outsiders' Children Go Hungry|Gershom Gorenberg|May 20, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Their superiors are under constant pressure to retrain marginal performers rather than to discharge them.
The Next Fort Hood|Ken Allard|November 10, 2009|DAILY BEAST
Google Apps helped retrain us to work in a networked fashion.
Google's War on the PC|Douglas Rushkoff|July 8, 2009|DAILY BEAST
It is a great pity that the geographical illusions of our boyish days cannot retrain.
Northern Travel|Bayard Taylor
These courses are designed to improve the workers' skills or to retrain workers for other areas of specialization.
Area Handbook for Bulgaria|Eugene K. Keefe, Violeta D. Baluyut, William Giloane, Anne K. Long, James M. Moore, and Neda A. Walpole

British Dictionary definitions for retrain

retrain

/ (riːˈtreɪn) /

verb

(tr) to teach (someone) a new skill so that he or she can do a job or find employment

(intr) to learn a new skill with a view to doing a job or finding employment

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