Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense retrains, present participle retraining, past tense, past participle retrained
verb
If you retrain, or if someone retrains you, you learn new skills, especially in order to get a new job.
Why not retrain for a job which will make you happier? [VERB]
Union leaders have called upon the government to help retrain workers. [VERB noun]
retraininguncountable noun [oft NOUN noun]
...measures such as the retraining of the workforce at their place of work. [+ of]
What is the good of retraining programmes if there are not any jobs to go to?
retrain in British English
(riːˈtreɪn)
verb
1. (transitive)
to teach (someone) a new skill so that he or she can do a job or find employment
2. (intransitive)
to learn a new skill with a view to doing a job or finding employment
Examples of 'retrain' in a sentence
retrain
It should mean different jobs, and government should help with the retraining.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
With a little help and retraining you could move to a better job.
The Sun (2011)
Increase retraining to get people back to work.
The Sun (2010)
We can retrain ourselves to cope confidently.
The Sun (2016)
There is a need for worker retraining programmes at public expense.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
It will be used to help vulnerable companies retrain staff and give them more skills.
The Sun (2008)
My partner recently retrained as a teacher.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
It said staff would be given the opportunity to retrain and work in other parts of the company.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
But little has been done and military personnel have been unable to get any information about retraining as teachers from official sources.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
As a result, employees require continuous retraining if their skills are not to become obsolete.
Tompkins, Jonathan Human Resource Management in Government (1995)
Well, the good news is you can retrain your brain.
The Sun (2006)
It's a fund to help dancers retrain when they want to retire.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
There are also medicines that can help if retraining alone doesn't work.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Determined to quit her bad habits, she left her job and retrained to work outside with horses.
The Sun (2014)
A job that means retraining is a big challenge but very good for you.
The Sun (2007)
A job that involves retraining brings out the best in you.
The Sun (2010)
The unit is part of a wider initiative to allow the wounded to keep working within the military or help them to retrain for jobs outside.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
In short, the brain can be retrained to bypass the nerve signals responsible for the ringing and regain its original stability.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
I can't get a job without retraining.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
In big companies and nationalised industries a growing number of redundant employees are asking to be retrained in the skills necessary for the one-man business.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
An incoming administration could alter or delay their implementation, although this would risk disruption as teachers must retrain in advance of a new qualification.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
But people, like dogs, can be retrained.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
He ended up as a senior employment officer, ironically, helping people to retrain when they had lost their jobs.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
He said that the retraining programme, which also involved police wearing body cameras and carrying smartphones, would lead to change within the police force.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
I have friends who are retraining, swapping jobs, flitting between industries and countries with no plans to stop.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
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British English: retrain VERB
If you retrain, or if someone retrains you, you learn new skills, especially in order to get a new job.
Why not retrain for a job which will make you happier?