retraining

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noun

New or different training, or training in a new field.

Less commonScrabble 11

Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of retrain
nounretraining (countable and uncountable, plural retrainings)

plural retrainings

  1. countableuncountableNew or different training, or training in a new field.

    The number of neural network retrainings in the experiments with buffer length 100 varied between 3 and 7, whereas it varied between 5 and 14 in the case of buffer length 50.

    2000, Ian Cloete, Jacek M. Zurada, Knowledge-based Neurocomputing, page 354
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    The legislation, which passed both chambers of Congress this month by wide margins, essentially reauthorizes a Clinton-era law that provided money to states and cities for job retraining.

    2014 July 22, David S. Joachim, “Obama Signs New Job-Training Law”, in The New York Times

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APA

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MLA

“retraining.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/retraining. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “retraining,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/retraining.

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