retrain
verb (used with object)
to train again, especially for a different vocation or different tasks.
retrained
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past participleof retrain.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof retrain.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
retrainverb (used with object)to train again, especially for a different vocation or different tasks.
Example Sentences
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He explained he and his wife had been assigned a bereavement midwife named Lauren, who had experienced a similar tragedy and retrained in order to help other families.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
But it’s unclear what workers should be retrained to do.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
Her husband Jay, a former combat photographer in Iraq and Afghanistan, came home, in her words, unsettled, and he retrained as an engineer.
From BBC ● Apr. 29, 2026
“I’m hoping that the institute will change and that they’ve retrained the officers as to when they can use force, so this kind of stuff doesn’t happen.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 28, 2026
Natasha Meklin, a navigator who’d retrained as a pilot, was flying one of her first combat missions at the controls of her Po-2, with Lida Loshmanova as her navigator.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
