Past tense of train
regular verb
The past tense of train is trained. The past participle is also trained.
Forms of train
| Base form (V1) | train /ˈtɹeɪn/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | trained /tɹeɪnd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | trained /tɹeɪnd/ |
| Present participle | training /ˈtɹeɪnɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | trains /tɹeɪnz/ |
Trained in a sentence
- She trained seven hours a day to prepare for the Olympics.
- Having lectured the Arab world about democracy for years, its collusion in suppressing freedom was undeniable as protesters were met by weaponry and tear gas made in the west, employed by a military trained by westerners.2013 June 7, Gary Younge, “Hypocrisy lies at heart of Manning prosecution”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 18
- He navigated the course adeptly, having trained on it for months ahead of time.From the entry adeptly
- The riflemen had not been issued their weapons yet, and hence they trained with wooden mock-up rifles.From the entry rifleman
- St Macarius the Great was a reformed saltpeter smuggler, which trained him for eremitic life in the desert.From the entry eremitic
Meaning of train
- noun The elongated back portion of a dress or skirt (or an ornamental piece of material added to similar effect), which drags along the ground.
- noun A trail or line of something, especially gunpowder.
- noun The tail of a bird.
Questions about the past tense of train
- What is the past tense of train?
- The past tense of train is trained.
- What is the past participle of train?
- The past participle of train is trained.
- Is train a regular or irregular verb?
- Train is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: train (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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