retrain
pronunciation
How to pronounce retrain in British English:
UK [ˌri:ˈtreɪn]
How to pronounce retrain in American English:
US [riˈtren]
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- Verb:
- teach new skills
- train again
Word Origin
- retrain (v.)
- 1905, from re- "back, again" + train (v.). Related: Retrained; retraining.
Example
- 1. He also criticised local authorities for being too slow to retrain dinner ladies .
- 2. Cash could be used to retrain car workers , giving them extended unemployment insurance as they retrain .
- 3. Germany was supposed to retrain the police . It has brought a few hundred officers up to western standards , but largely neglected the other 55000 .
- 4. Mr rubenstein focuses on the inadequacies of primary and secondary education , as well as the need to re-educate and retrain adults .
- 5. Have a bit of a think and work out if you really want to move to dubai , or retrain as a priest , before doing anything silly .