relearn
verb
re·learn
(ˌ)rē-ˈlərn 
relearned; relearning
: 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
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
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Having to relearn how to walk, run, jump and squat were part of the road to another December.
—Oliver Thomas, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
Many of the current Black Knights relearned this the hard way.
—Brian Hamilton, The Athletic, 21 Nov. 2024
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
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Oliver Thomas, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
Many of the current Black Knights relearned this the hard way.
—Brian Hamilton, The Athletic, 21 Nov. 2024
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
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“Relearn.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/relearn. Accessed 5 Jan. 2025.
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relearn
transitive verb
re·learn
ˈrē-ˈlərn
: to learn again (what has been forgotten)
relearning
noun
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