"reskill" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: reskills [present, singular, third-person], reskilling [participle, present], reskilled [participle, past], reskilled [past]
Etymology: re- + skill Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|re|skill}} re- + skill Head templates: {{en-verb}} reskill (third-person singular simple present reskills, present participle reskilling, simple past and past participle reskilled)
  1. (transitive, intransitive) To retrain workers in the skills needed by modern business, especially after redundancy. Tags: intransitive, transitive
    Sense id: en-reskill-en-verb-2Q0vGkgM Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with re- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 88 12 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with re-: 54 46
  2. (transitive, intransitive) To learn additional skills. Tags: intransitive, transitive
    Sense id: en-reskill-en-verb-TAaU~19s Categories (other): English terms prefixed with re- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with re-: 54 46
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: re-skill Related terms: deskill, upskill

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