relearn

verb

re·​learn (ˌ)rē-ˈlərn 

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

But the researchers identified it as a point of interest while creating a whole-brain functional map, to see which neurons were transcriptionally active while relearning to walk after a spinal cord injury. —Michael Irving, New Atlas, 8 Dec. 2024

Besides the vastly different levels of fame among the main actors, there’s also a language barrier: Half of them are native Spanish speakers, one of them was raised bilingual, and the other had to relearn Spanish for the film. —Nate Jones, Vulture, 30 Nov. 2024

Thus begins the healing process, in which the parents relearn how to be human again. —Bill Desowitz, IndieWire, 20 Nov. 2024

For one thing, the NNSA must relearn design and manufacturing skills and requalify existing vendors or find new ones. —Madelyn Creedon, Foreign Affairs, 20 Nov. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1694, in the meaning defined above

Medical Definition

relearn

transitive verb

re·​learn ˈrē-ˈlərn 

: to learn again (what has been forgotten)

relearning noun