post-train

English

Etymology

    From post- +‎ train.

    Verb

    post-train (third-person singular simple present post-trains, present participle post-training, simple past and past participle post-trained)

    1. (machine learning) To further train a pretrained or foundation model in order to modify, refine, align, specialise, or enhance its capabilities for particular tasks, behaviours, or objectives.
      Coordinate terms: fine-tune, pretrain
      • 2025, Valliappa Lakshmanan, Hannes Hapke, Generative AI Design Patterns: Solutions to Common Challenges When Building GenAI Agents and Applications, O'Reilly, →ISBN, page 23:
        You can post-train the model in any or all of these ways.