relearn

relearn

English

Etymology

    From re- + learn.

    Pronunciation

    • (UK) IPA(key): /ɹiːˈləːn/
    • Audio (Southern England):(file)

    Verb

    relearn (third-person singular simple present relearns, present participle relearning, simple past and past participle relearned or relearnt)

    1. (transitive) To learn (something) again. [from 17th c.]
      I had to relearn how to swim properly.
      • 1977, Alistair Horne, A Savage War of Peace, New York: Review Books, published 2006, page 111:
        Prison – as was to be relearnt by the French repeatedly in the course of the Algerian war [] – is a marvellous recruiting and training centre.

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