To retrain is to teach (or to learn) all new information and skills. Once your dog retires from guarding sheep, you can retrain her to be a visiting therapy dog in nursing homes. The meaning of RETRAIN is to train again or anew.

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How to use retrain in a sentence. You can retrain your mind to focus on the good things that happen rather than the bad. The organization retrains people who have lost their jobs. He is retraining for another job.

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He retrained as a mechanic. Definition of retrain verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more. retrain, v. meanings, etymology, pronunciation and more in the Oxford English Dictionary retrain (riːˈtreɪn) vb 1.

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(tr) to teach (someone) a new skill so that he or she can do a job or find employment 2. (intr) to learn a new skill with a view to doing a job or finding employment Verb retrain (third-person singular simple present retrains, present participle retraining, simple past and past participle retrained) (ambitransitive) To train again; especially, to train or study in a new subject or job