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

… 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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web When the researchers then blocked the activity of these neurons in the injured mice, the mice did not relearn to walk. —

Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Nov. 2022 And even if a nifty third-act twist exposes Dee and Dennis' longtime scheming, Charlie and Mac still must relearn the lesson that, when The Gang plays, nobody really wins. —

Dennis Perkins, EW.com, 3 Sep. 2022 But when our relationship eventually faded, I was left to relearn how to be independent—in the outdoors and in my personal life. —

Hannah Singleton, Outside Online, 19 July 2022 No More protests in 2012, a trans-Canada Indigenous rights protest, in an effort to connect with the land and relearn Dene knowledge as a foundation for action. —

Sara Miller Llana, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 Apr. 2022 As a result, he was forced to relearn how to read and write. —

Monica Cull, Discover Magazine, 8 Feb. 2022 The 6-foot-8 Battey, a Los Angeles native who overcame a stroke nearly four years ago that forced him to relearn how to talk, scored a career-high 22 points while making all four of his three-pointers against the Cardinal. —

Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 30 Nov. 2021 Hendrix was forced to relearn old songs with a new voice. —

Hector Saldana, San Antonio Express-News, 20 Oct. 2021 In an interview with USA TODAY last November, Fox opened up about his recovery from a risky spinal surgery in 2018 that forced him to relearn how to walk, as well as a devastating fall shortly after that left him with a broken arm. —

Jonathan Landrum, USA TODAY, 6 Oct. 2021 See More

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