upskill
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.55 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To teach (someone) additional skills, especially as an alternative to redundancy (firing).
Transitive verb
Example Sentences
- "For companies, reskilling and upskilling strategies will be critical if they are to find the talent they need and to contribute to socially responsible approaches to the future of work."
- ""We've also invested £500,000 in new machinery in the last two years, including the engraving machine, so that we can bring £250,000 worth of work in-house that we previously sub-contracted. That's great news for us as it means we have upskilled people and can offer more security of employment.""
Etymology
Etymology tree English up- Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelH- Proto-Germanic *skilją Old Norse skilbor. Middle English skill English skill English upskill From up- + skill.