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Meaning of "upskill" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF UPSKILL

upskill  [ˈʌpˌskɪl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF UPSKILL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Upskill is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb upskill in English.

WHAT DOES UPSKILL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of upskill in the English dictionary

The definition of upskill in the dictionary is to improve the aptitude for work of by additional training.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO UPSKILL

PRESENT

Present
I upskill
you upskill
he/she/it upskills
we upskill
you upskill
they upskill
Present continuous
I am upskilling
you are upskilling
he/she/it is upskilling
we are upskilling
you are upskilling
they are upskilling
Present perfect
I have upskilled
you have upskilled
he/she/it has upskilled
we have upskilled
you have upskilled
they have upskilled
Present perfect continuous
I have been upskilling
you have been upskilling
he/she/it has been upskilling
we have been upskilling
you have been upskilling
they have been upskilling
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I upskilled
you upskilled
he/she/it upskilled
we upskilled
you upskilled
they upskilled
Past continuous
I was upskilling
you were upskilling
he/she/it was upskilling
we were upskilling
you were upskilling
they were upskilling
Past perfect
I had upskilled
you had upskilled
he/she/it had upskilled
we had upskilled
you had upskilled
they had upskilled
Past perfect continuous
I had been upskilling
you had been upskilling
he/she/it had been upskilling
we had been upskilling
you had been upskilling
they had been upskilling
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will upskill
you will upskill
he/she/it will upskill
we will upskill
you will upskill
they will upskill
Future continuous
I will be upskilling
you will be upskilling
he/she/it will be upskilling
we will be upskilling
you will be upskilling
they will be upskilling
Future perfect
I will have upskilled
you will have upskilled
he/she/it will have upskilled
we will have upskilled
you will have upskilled
they will have upskilled
Future perfect continuous
I will have been upskilling
you will have been upskilling
he/she/it will have been upskilling
we will have been upskilling
you will have been upskilling
they will have been upskilling
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would upskill
you would upskill
he/she/it would upskill
we would upskill
you would upskill
they would upskill
Conditional continuous
I would be upskilling
you would be upskilling
he/she/it would be upskilling
we would be upskilling
you would be upskilling
they would be upskilling
Conditional perfect
I would have upskill
you would have upskill
he/she/it would have upskill
we would have upskill
you would have upskill
they would have upskill
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been upskilling
you would have been upskilling
he/she/it would have been upskilling
we would have been upskilling
you would have been upskilling
they would have been upskilling
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you upskill
we let´s upskill
you upskill
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to upskill
Past participle
upskilled
Present Participle
upskilling
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH UPSKILL


alkyl
ˈælkɪl
buzzkill
ˈbʌzˌkɪl
deskill
diːˈskɪl
fishkill
ˈfɪʃˌkɪl
Gaitskell
ˈɡeɪtskɪl
kill
kɪl
lambkill
ˈlæmˌkɪl
multiskill
ˈmʌltɪˌskɪl
orchil
ˈɔːkɪl
outkill
ˌaʊtˈkɪl
overkill
ˈəʊvəˌkɪl
reskill
riːˈskɪl
roadkill
ˈrəʊdˌkɪl
shoot-to-kill
ˌʃuːttəˈkɪl
skill
skɪl
subskill
ˈsʌbˌskɪl
underkill
ˈʌndəˌkɪl
winterkill
ˈwɪntəˌkɪl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE UPSKILL

upside down
upside-down
upside-down cake
upside-downness
upsideowne
upsides
upsilon
upsitting
upsize
upsizing
upskirt
upslope
upsoar
upspeak
upspear
upsprang
upspring
upsprung
upstage
upstager

WORDS THAT END LIKE UPSKILL

back and fill
bill
dressed to kill
fill
fit the bill
free-will
grill
hill
ill
in at the kill
mill
over the hill
run of the mill
run-of-the-mill
still
till
top kill
what you will
will
with a will

Synonyms and antonyms of upskill in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «upskill» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF UPSKILL

Find out the translation of upskill to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of upskill from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «upskill» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

upskill
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

mejorar las cualificaciones
570 millions of speakers

English

upskill
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

upskill
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

upskill
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

upskill
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

upskill
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

upskill
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

perfectionner les compétences
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Upskill
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Höherqualifizierung
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

upskill
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

기술 향상
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Upskill
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

upskill
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

upskill
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अपस्कील
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

becerilerini arttırmaya
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

upskill
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

podnoszenia kwalifikacji
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

upskill
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

upskill
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αναβάθμιση των δεξιοτήτων
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Verbeter vaardighede
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

vidareutbildning
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

upskill
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of upskill

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «UPSKILL»

The term «upskill» is regularly used and occupies the 92.900 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «UPSKILL» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «upskill» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «upskill» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about upskill

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «UPSKILL»

Discover the use of upskill in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to upskill and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Training & Induction: How to Effectively Upskill New Employees
This dissertation (assuming that the conditions that give rise to the rate of staff attrition are fixed), addresses the challenge to optimise a training and induction programme that would accelerate newcomer development so as to minimise ...
Lisa Gryzagoridis, 2011
2
The Art of Deliberate Success: Transform Your Professional ...
upskill. If you're walking down the rightpath and you're willing to keep walking, eventually you'll makeprogress. — barack obama I live in New Zealand, and one of the nation's all-time heroes is Sir Peter Blake. Sir Peter was a yachtsman who ...
David Keane, 2012
3
Flexibility at Work: Balancing the Interests of Employer and ...
... better themselves through education and training; at the present time, becoming more skilled is both easier and more necessary. It is easier because, as was pointed out earlier, employers are seeking continuously to upskill their workforce.
Peter Andrew Reilly, 2001
4
Regulating the Risk of Unemployment: National Adaptations to ...
In some countries, Italy for example, the state turned to an apprenticeship system to upskill youth jobless people living mostly in the south of the country. ALMPs complemented unemployment insurance during this period. In the second period,  ...
Jochen Clasen, Daniel Clegg, 2011
5
Oxford American Writer's Thesaurus
2 she's training to be a hairdresser: study, learn, prepare, take instruction; upskill. 3 with the Olympics in mind, athletes are training hard: exercise, do exercises, work out, get into shape, practice, prepare. 4 she trained the gun on his chest: aim, ...
‎2012
6
House of Commons - Committee of Public Accounts: Civil ...
Obviously, I would look to the non-execs to be much more challenging on how those contracts are being given, but are you satisfied that there is enough in place really to upskill the civil servants who are managing these projects so that they ...
Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Committee of Public Accounts, 2013
7
Labor in the Era of Globalization
The introduction of IT throughout operations in the industry forced firms in all segments to “upskill” their workers across occupations. However, the threat of acquisition required firms to upskill quickly or risk being acquired. Because of the  ...
Clair Brown, Barry J. Eichengreen, Michael Reich, 2010
8
Managing Human Capital in Indonesia
But as HR leaders begin to think about how to upskill their staff, they should do so in full knowledge that it is not the role of HR in isolation. Business leaders and CEOs are quite vociferous in saying that they want HR to deliver more value.
Naresh Makhijani, Krishnan Rajendran, James Creelman
9
East Midlands Development Agency and the regional economic ...
We are genuinely acting as a catalyst, which is a part of our strap line, in order to ensure that, when working with businesses, they are aware of opportunities for their own staff to upskill, and with schools and young people in terms of the ...
Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: East Midlands Regional Select Committee, 2009
10
Technology-Enhanced Professional Learning: Processes, ...
Processes, Practices, and Tools Allison Littlejohn, Anoush Margaryan. Case Study: eTwinning Analytics Nowadays, there is a need to upskill K-12 teachers to help them respond to rapidly changing needs in society. Teachers, however, feel  ...
Allison Littlejohn, Anoush Margaryan, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «UPSKILL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term upskill is used in the context of the following news items.
1
M4JAM and Harambee want to upskill SA's unemployed youth
Microjobbing platform M4JAM and youth employment accelerator, Haramabee, have joined forces to help unemployed youths earn a bit of extra cash and ... «htxt.africa, Jun 15»
2
Police upskill officers on cyber-crime
Police forces across the UK are increasing up-skilling their officers so that they can properly deal with cyber-crime cases, a new Freedom of Information Act ... «SC Magazine UK, May 15»
3
Goodwill® Joins Top U.S. Corporations To Upskill The American …
Business Champions members are taking on the task of getting more business leaders to upskill the American workforce by investing in ongoing education, ... «PR Newswire, May 15»
4
7 Takeaways for Senior Talent Leaders from the White House …
These are the leaders—collectively responsible for more than 5 million employees—who really do have the potential to change upskilling practices for the better. «ATD, May 15»
5
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Joins the White House's …
It's in this spirit of possibility that Starwood is pleased to announce today its participation in UpSkill America, a public-private initiative led by the US Department ... «Business Wire, Apr 15»
6
Cengage Learning Joins Obama Administration for Upskill America …
Innovative education and training can make a profound difference in advancing the Upskill America challenge and lead directly to higher paying jobs.". «PR Newswire, Apr 15»
7
Glassdoor Launches 'On-The-Job Training Finder' in Conjunction …
The OJT Finder is being launched in conjunction with the White House Upskill Summit on April 24, 2015 that will include Vice President Biden and 150 ... «Marketwired, Apr 15»
8
FACT SHEET: Administration Announces New Commitments in …
Today, at the White House Upskill Summit, the Administration is announcing new steps to help realize the full potential of America's workforce by empowering ... «Whitehouse.gov, Apr 15»
9
Upskilling in America: Meet Two Women Who Upgraded Their Careers
Right now, America has more open jobs than at any point since 2008. They pay well and they're a surefire pathway into the middle class. But not enough ... «The White House, Apr 15»
10
Firms put onus on students to upskill
Managing partners believe students should broaden their skills, but the leading law student body argues other organisations share responsibility. In a survey of ... «Lawyers Weekly, Apr 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Upskill [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/upskill>. Apr 2024 ».
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