Meanings
verbrelearn (third-person singular simple present relearns, present participle relearning, simple past and past participle relearned or relearnt)
present singular third person relearns · participle present relearning · participle past relearned · past relearned · participle past relearnt · past relearnt
- transitiveTo learn (something) again.First known use 17th c.
I had to relearn how to swim properly.
1 more example
Prison – as was to be relearnt by the French repeatedly in the course of the Algerian war […] – is a marvellous recruiting and training centre.
1977, Alistair Horne, A Savage War of Peace, New York: Review Books, published 2006, page 111
Origin
- Proto-Italic*wre-
- Latinre-
- Old Frenchre-
- Middle Englishre-
- Englishre-
- Proto-Indo-European*leys-
- Proto-Indo-European*(le-)lóys-e
- Proto-Germanic*lizaną
- Proto-West Germanic*liʀnōn
- Old Englishleornian
- Middle Englishlernen
- Englishlearn
- Englishrelearn
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 重新學習 /重新学习
- 重新學習 /重新学习 (chóngxīn xuéxí)Translations
Finnish opetella uudelleen
- opetella uudelleenTranslations
French réapprendre
- réapprendreTranslations
German wieder lernen
- wieder lernenTranslations
Portuguese reaprender
- reaprenderTranslations
Thai เรียนรู้
- เรียนรู้ (riian-rúu)Translations
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Cite this entry
APA
relearn. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/relearn
MLA
“relearn.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/relearn. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “relearn,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/relearn.
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