Meaning & use
retraining
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Teaching someone new skills, or teaching the same skills again, typically to prepare for a different job or situation.
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The factory is retraining workers to operate the new machinery.
After his injury, he needed retraining before returning to competitive sports.
A note on using this word
Increasingly common in discussions of automation and workforce development, where employees are retrained for new roles.
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reskilling
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