retrain

English

Etymology

re- +‎ train

Pronunciation

• (verb) IPA^(key): /ɹiːˈtɹeɪn/

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  • Rhymes: -eɪn
• (noun) IPA^(key): /ˈɹiːtɹeɪn/

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Verb

retrain (third-person singular simple present retrains, present participle retraining, simple past and past participle retrained)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To train again; especially, to train or study in a new subject or job
   • 1989 February 25, “Hospital Will Retrain Workers to Save Jobs”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     New York City's largest hospital has agreed to retrain some unionized employees whose jobs were to be eliminated under an austerity drive, the hospital and its largest labor union said yesterday.

   • 2018, Timothy R. Jennings, The Aging Brain, →ISBN, page 81:

     If we choose to change our diets and consistently eat healthier foods we retrain our brains, and the foods we initially found distasteful will become enjoyable.

Translations

to train again

• Italian: riqualificare
• Spanish: capacitar (es)

Noun

retrain (plural retrains)

1. An instance of training again.
   • 2021, Andrew P. McMahon, Machine Learning Engineering with Python, page 221:

     This adds a bit of complexity as it means that our solution should not retrain for every request coming in but be able to determine whether a retrain is worth it for a given request or whether the model is already up to date.

Anagrams

• rantier, terrain, trainer