reteach

verb

re·​teach (ˌ)rē-ˈtēch How to pronounce reteach (audio)
retaught (ˌ)rē-ˈtȯt How to pronounce reteach (audio) ; reteaching

transitive verb

: to teach (someone or something) again
She decided to reteach the lesson the next day.
took up the guitar again and retaught himself to play

Examples of reteach in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Patients use special exercises and technology, like electric stimulation, to reteach their nervous system to control movement. Lilly Price, Baltimore Sun, 18 Mar. 2024 Wallinger suffered an aneurysm in 2001 and had to reteach himself to talk and play instruments. Melinda Newman, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019 Advertisement Searles set out to reteach the bears some boundaries using a combination of non-lethal methods — sometimes a gentle word, sometimes a sting to the hindquarters with rubber buckshot — that have netted ursine attention and respect. Lorraine Berry, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2023 And staff are working around the clock to reteach foundational skills -- such as first-grade phonics -- that some students lost during the pandemic. al, 10 Nov. 2021 During effective math programs, for example, tutors don’t simply reteach the previous year’s lessons. al, 25 Aug. 2021 The fact is that, many times, the future requires us to reteach and retool the organization. Brad Cousins, Forbes, 18 May 2021 While Easter and Passover use food to help reteach the lessons, the holy month of Ramadan is about going without food and drink during the daylight hours. San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Apr. 2021 Teachers also don’t have the luxury of pausing what needs to be taught this year to reteach last year’s concepts. The Salt Lake Tribune, 11 Dec. 2020

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Word History

First Known Use

1674, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of reteach was in 1674

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“Reteach.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reteach. Accessed 2 Nov. 2024.

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