to skilling
- verb
- /ˈskɪlɪŋ/
- Teachers are working hard to skill their students in computer programming.
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Examples
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It means that that they need to constantly be re skilled and learn new things just to keep up with their jobs.
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And right now people have to skill up more than ever.
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The company offers training programs to skill employees in new technologies.
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He attended workshops to skill himself in leadership and team management.
Synonyms
To help someone learn skills, habits, or knowledge
To teach someone skills by practice and help
To give someone knowledge and skills by teaching or training over time
To help a person or group learn skills and improve
Make someone practice a skill again and again to improve it
How Thorough
- Formal
Surface Forms
Morphology
skilling = skill (transparent) = skill + ing
The form is a regular -ing extension of the verb base 'skill', and the meaning is directly recoverable from that base.
Etymology
Skilling as a verb comes from the English word skill, which means 'ability', so to 'skill' someone is to give them that ability by teaching or training for work.