RETRAIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does retrain mean? 

• RETRAIN (verb)
  The verb RETRAIN has 2 senses:

1. teach new skills

2. train again

  Familiarity information: RETRAIN used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RETRAIN (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they retrain    ... he / she / it retrains   
Past simple: retrained   
Past participle: retrained   
-ing form: retraining   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Teach new skills

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Context example:

We must retrain the linguists who cannot find employment

Hypernyms (to "retrain" is one way to...):

develop; educate; prepare; train (create by training and teaching)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

retraining (training for a new occupation)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Train again

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Context example:

He is retraining to become an IT worker

Hypernyms (to "retrain" is one way to...):

prepare; train (undergo training or instruction in preparation for a particular role, function, or profession)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

 Context examples 

This cycle runs autonomously in the cell, causing jet lag during travel, but can be regulated to retrain to changes in the light cycle.

(Circadian Rhythm Pathway BioCarta, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)