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pretrained

pretrained adjective: having been trained before. Also the simple past and past participle of pretrain.

Adjective

pretrained (not comparable)

  1. Having been trained before.
  2. (machine learning) Having undergone initial training to acquire a base of general-purpose knowledge, representations, or capabilities

Also used as

pretrained is also the simple past and past participle of pretrain.

Forms of pretrained

alternative formpre-trained

Origin of pretrained

From pre- + trained, or from pretrain + -ed.

Questions about pretrained

What does pretrained mean?
Pretrained means having been trained before.
What part of speech is pretrained?
Pretrained is an adjective.

Words near pretrained in the dictionary

  1. pretracheophyte
  2. pretracheophytes
  3. pretrade
  4. pretraditional
  5. pretrain
  6. pretrained
  7. pretraining
  8. pretrains
  9. pretransaction
  10. pretransactional
  11. pretranscribe

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