RETRAIN


Meaning of RETRAIN in English

re ‧ train /ˌriːˈtreɪn/ BrE AmE verb [intransitive and transitive]

[ Word Family: noun : ↑ trainee , ↑ trainer , ↑ training , ↑ retraining ; verb : ↑ train , ↑ retrain ; adjective : trained ≠ ↑ untrained ]

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 noun [uncountable]

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.