retrain

[ ree-treyn ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb (used with object)

retrain

/ riːˈtreɪn /

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

Origin of retrain¹

First recorded in 1930–35; re- + train

It will have to pay stipends to heads of families while they retrain, and will need to protect haredim from job discrimination.

Their superiors are under constant pressure to retrain marginal performers rather than to discharge them.

Google Apps helped retrain us to work in a networked fashion.

It is a great pity that the geographical illusions of our boyish days cannot retrain.

These courses are designed to improve the workers' skills or to retrain workers for other areas of specialization.

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