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training

American  
[trey-ning] / ˈtreɪ nɪŋ /

noun

  1. the education, instruction, or discipline of a person or thing that is being trained.

    He's in training for the Olympics.

  2. the status or condition of a person who has been trained.

    athletes in top training.


adjective

  1. of, relating to, or used in or for training.

    a training manual.

  2. intended for use during an introductory, learning, or transitional period.

    a training cup for weaning a baby; a training bra.

training British  
/ ˈtreɪnɪŋ /

noun

    1. the process of bringing a person, etc, to an agreed standard of proficiency, etc, by practice and instruction

      training for the priesthood

      physical training

    2. ( as modifier )

      training college

    1. undergoing physical training

    2. physically fit

  1. physically unfit

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Related Words

See education.

Other Word Forms

  • half-training adjective
  • nontraining adjective
  • pretraining noun
  • self-training noun

Etymology

Origin of training

First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English (noun); train, -ing 1, -ing 2

Example Sentences

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A Department of Health and Social Care spokesperson said its ME/CFS delivery plan would "transform care" and "improve training for NHS staff".

From BBC

This is not about troops on the ground – save, perhaps, for occasional training teams.

From BBC

Researchers surveyed 904 medical professionals across India, Brazil, Indonesia and Nigeria, the countries most affected by snakebites, and found similar barriers: poor infrastructure, limited access to antivenom and insufficient training.

From BBC

He said that Oracle is more exposed to OpenAI’s training business whereas the more compelling opportunity is in inference, or the process by which models make predictions based on new data.

From MarketWatch

"Just trying to ease into training and see where we're at."

From Barron's