retrain
verb /ˌriːˈtreɪn/
/ˌriːˈtreɪn/
[intransitive, transitive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they retrain | /ˌriːˈtreɪn/ /ˌriːˈtreɪn/ |
| he / she / it retrains | /ˌriːˈtreɪnz/ /ˌriːˈtreɪnz/ |
| past simple retrained | /ˌriːˈtreɪnd/ /ˌriːˈtreɪnd/ |
| past participle retrained | /ˌriːˈtreɪnd/ /ˌriːˈtreɪnd/ |
| -ing form retraining | /ˌriːˈtreɪnɪŋ/ /ˌriːˈtreɪnɪŋ/ |
- to learn, or to teach somebody, a new type of work, a new skill, etc.
- retrain (somebody) (as something) She retrained as a teacher.
- retrain somebody to do something Staff have been retrained to use the new technology.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryRetrain is used with these nouns as the object:- workforce