Past tense of retrain
regular verb
The past tense of retrain is retrained. The past participle is also retrained.
Forms of retrain
| Base form (V1) | retrain /ɹiːˈtɹeɪn/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | retrained |
| Past participle (V3) | retrained |
| Present participle | retraining |
| Third person singular | retrains |
Retrained in a sentence
- For about $1,000 per student annually, the program retrained teachers and administrators and paid for new classroom materials, better aligned to cognitive research.2023 December 4, Dana Goldstein, “What Costs $1,000 Per Student and Might Help Children Learn to Read?”, in The New York Times
- This concern often translates into retrained feeding.2005, Ellyn Satter, Your Child's Weight: Helping Without Harming, page 409. From the entry yay-boo
Meaning of retrain
- verb To train again; especially, to train or study in a new subject or job.
- noun An instance of training again.
Questions about the past tense of retrain
- What is the past tense of retrain?
- The past tense of retrain is retrained.
- What is the past participle of retrain?
- The past participle of retrain is retrained.
- Is retrain a regular or irregular verb?
- Retrain is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
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