relearn

verb

re·​learn (ˌ)rē-ˈlərn How to pronounce relearn (audio)
relearned; relearning

transitive verb

: to learn (something) again
… even those in the class who had been playing for decades regressed to golf infancy. Everyone had to relearn the basics …Rachel Urquhart
… most of the top-selling books are printed in the original Japanese right-to-left format. Not only do readers have to relearn how to read comics, they have to relearn how to read a book.Heidi MacDonald

Examples of relearn in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Whatever the reason, be open-minded — and don’t feel as if there is anything too small or too easy to be relearned. Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 28 July 2024 Taking life one day at a time Yeager is slowly making progress relearning how to walk. Brenda Goodman, CNN, 27 July 2024 The traumatic lesson that Gilbert family learned, and relearned by so many other parents and families since, is never far from my mind. Abe Kwok, The Arizona Republic, 16 July 2024 American leaders need to relearn how to communicate with the Russian people. Victoria Nuland, Foreign Affairs, 9 June 2020 See all Example Sentences for relearn 

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Word History

First Known Use

1694, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of relearn was in 1694

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“Relearn.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/relearn. Accessed 19 Aug. 2024.

Medical Definition

relearn

transitive verb
re·​learn ˈrē-ˈlərn How to pronounce relearn (audio)
: to learn again (what has been forgotten)
relearning noun
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