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pretrain

verb · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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verb

Meaning 1

To train (a neural network) on some data set (typically a large generic data set, the output of which one is not directly interested in) before fine-tuning the network on another dataset one is interested in.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Qualifier: machine learning

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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh2- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh2i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- English trainder. English pretrain From pre- + train.