retrain

retrain
[[t]ri͟ːtre͟ɪn[/t]]
retrains, retraining, retrained
V-ERG
If you retrain, or if someone retrains you, you learn new skills, especially in order to get a new job.

Look at what you can do to retrain for a job which will make you happier...

[V n] Union leaders have called upon the government to help retrain workers.

Derived words:
retraining N-UNCOUNT oft N n

...measures such as the retraining of the workforce at their place of work...

What is the good of retraining programmes if there are not any jobs to go to?


English dictionary. 2008.

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  • retrain — re‧train [ˌriːˈtreɪn] verb [intransitive, transitive] HUMAN RESOURCES to learn new skills or to teach someone the skills needed to do a different job: • We bought new software and had to retrain everyone to use the database. retraining noun… …   Financial and business terms

  • retrain — (v.) 1905, from RE (Cf. re ) back, again + TRAIN (Cf. train) (v.). Related: Retrained; retraining …   Etymology dictionary

  • retrain — ► VERB ▪ teach or learn new skills …   English terms dictionary

  • retrain — [spelling only] …   English World dictionary

  • retrain — re|train [ˌri:ˈtreın] v [I and T] to learn or to teach someone the skills that are needed to do a different job ▪ One solution is to retrain the long term unemployed. retrain as ▪ She s hoping to retrain as a teacher. >retraining n [U] …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • retrain — UK [ˌriːˈtreɪn] / US [ˌrɪˈtreɪn] verb [intransitive/transitive] Word forms retrain : present tense I/you/we/they retrain he/she/it retrains present participle retraining past tense retrained past participle retrained to learn, or to teach someone …   English dictionary

  • retrain — verb Retrain is used with these nouns as the object: ↑workforce …   Collocations dictionary

  • Retrain-Funktion — Retrain Funktion,   Funktion eines Modems, bei absinkender Empfangsqualität während der Übertragung eine Optimierung der Übertragungsparameter vorzunehmen …   Universal-Lexikon

  • retrain — Date: 1898 transitive verb to train again or anew intransitive verb to become trained again • retrainable adjective …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • retrain — retrainable, adj. /ree trayn /, v.t. 1. to train again, esp. for a different vocation or different tasks. v.i. 2. to be retrained. [1930 35; RE + TRAIN] * * * …   Universalium

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