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Definition of "retrain" [retrain]

  • To train or undergo training again. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "retrain" in a sentence
  • "All the kids in my generation who trained in Computer Science, one of the most technical degrees you can get, had their $60-100K programmer jobs outsourced to India & China for $20-40K and they had to "retrain" to be service industry employees."
  • "The US Chamber types have a glib response – - displaced skilled Americans should stop whining and "retrain" themselves for a different job or profession."
  • "The IFI is affiliated with James Dobson's Focus on the Family, which fights to "retrain" the "evil" of homosexuality."