retrainverb
uk/ˌriːˈtreɪn/us/ˌriːˈtreɪn/[ I ] to learn new skills so you can do a different job:
Mark used to be an actor but now he's retraining as a teacher.
[ T ] to teach someone a new skill so that they can do a different job:
The programme retrains unemployed people.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Learning & knowing
- assimilate
- audit
- autodidact
- blended learning
- bone up
- brain training
- by-heart
- deskill
- feel
- gen up
- hear tell (of) idiom
- know better (than sb) idiom
- knowable
- mug
- mug (sth) up
- pick sth up
- quick
- reskill
- revision
- tell
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retraining
noun [ U ] uk/ˌriːˈtreɪn.ɪŋ/us/ˌriːˈtreɪn.ɪŋ/