"upskill" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: upskills [present, singular, third-person], upskilling [participle, present], upskilled [participle, past], upskilled [past]
Etymology: From up- + skill. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|up|skill}} up- + skill Head templates: {{en-verb}} upskill (third-person singular simple present upskills, present participle upskilling, simple past and past participle upskilled)
  1. (transitive) To teach (someone) additional skills, especially as an alternative to redundancy (firing). Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-upskill-en-verb-vaf62Ad5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with up- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with up-: 55 45
  2. (intransitive) To acquire such additional skills. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-upskill-en-verb-PYyM2r0V Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with up- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with up-: 55 45
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: upskilling, deskill, reskill

Inflected forms

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