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# retrain

«retrain» in Mova's school dictionary: **to learn new skills, usually for a different job** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (retrain, retrains, retrained, retraining)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To retrain is to learn new skills, usually for a different job. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/retrain/#m1)

2) To retrain someone or an animal is to teach them again or teach them something new. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/retrain/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life adults retrain as nurses, teachers or plumbers. Dogs can be retrained to stop bad habits. Phrases: «retrain as», «retraining course».

### examples

- My aunt retrained as a nurse. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/retrain/#x1)
- The factory closed, so many workers retrained. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/retrain/#x2)
- We retrained our puppy to sit before eating. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/retrain/#x3)
- He is retraining to become a chef. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/retrain/#x4)
- The course helps people retrain for new jobs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/retrain/#x5)

### note

re- = again. Do not confuse with «restrain» (hold back) — retrain has no s.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «retrain» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/retrain/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.