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training

verb noun

To practice an ability.

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Word Facts

Word length
8
Starts with
T
Ends with
G
Contains
RA
Scrabble score
9
Database source
OEWN 2025 Core

How it sounds

Pronunciation

/ˈtɹeɪnɪŋ/ /ˈtɹeɪnɪŋ/

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Meaning

Definitions

verb

  1. To practice an ability.

    “She trained seven hours a day to prepare for the Olympics.”

  2. To teach and form (someone) by practice; to educate (someone).

    “You can't train a pig to write poetry.”

  3. To improve one's fitness.

    “I trained with weights all winter.”

  4. To proceed in sequence.

  5. To move (a gun) laterally so that it points in a different direction.

    “The assassin had trained his gun on the minister.”

  6. To encourage (a plant or branch) to grow in a particular direction or shape, usually by pruning and bending.

    “The vine had been trained over the pergola.”

  7. To trace (a lode or any mineral appearance) to its head.

  8. To create a trainer for; to apply cheats to (a game).

  9. To draw along; to trail; to drag.

  10. To draw by persuasion, artifice, or the like; to attract by stratagem; to entice; to allure.

noun

  1. Action of the verb to train.

  2. The activity of imparting and acquiring skills.

  3. The result of good social upbringing.

  4. The process by which two modems determine which protocol and speed to use; handshaking.

  5. (voice recognition) The recording of multiple samples of a user's voice to aid pattern recognition.

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Example Sentences

She trained seven hours a day to prepare for the Olympics.
You can't train a pig to write poetry.
I trained with weights all winter.
The assassin had trained his gun on the minister.
The vine had been trained over the pergola.
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