1. training that occurs before the main or formal training period
2. in machine learning, the initial training of a model on a large dataset before fine-tuning for specific tasks
Usage: technical; artificial intelligence

Examples

• The athletes completed six weeks of pretraining before the official season began.
• New employees undergo pretraining to familiarize themselves with company policies.
• The language model’s pretraining involved processing billions of text samples.
• Pretraining helps establish a foundation before specialized instruction starts.
• The neural network’s pretraining phase took several days to complete.
• Military recruits receive pretraining before entering boot camp.
• The AI system’s pretraining enables it to understand general language patterns.