Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

retraining

/ɹitɹˈeɪnɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.75 in modern English

Syllables: re-train-ing
IPA: /ɹitɹˈeɪnɪŋ/

11

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of retrain

noun

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

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"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."
"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."

Usage

Inflected Forms

retrainings (plural)

Rhymes With

training remaining containing maintaining explaining gaining complaining entertaining obtaining retaining raining campaigning

Questions

How do you pronounce retraining?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɹitɹˈeɪnɪŋ/.
What does retraining mean?: present participle and gerund of retrain

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