training
Syllables: train·ing/ˈtɹeɪnɪŋ/
training is the present participle and gerund of train.
Noun
training (usually uncountable, plural trainings)
- Action of the verb to train.
- The activity of imparting and acquiring skills.
- Becoming more aware of the progress that scientists have made on behavioral fronts can reduce the risk that other natural scientists will resort to mystical agential accounts when they exceed the limits of their own disciplinary training.2012 January, Stephen Ledoux, “Behaviorism at 100”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 1, archived from the original on 10 Nov 2013, page 60
- The result of good social upbringing.
- The process by which two modems determine which protocol and speed to use; handshaking.
- The recording of multiple samples of a user's voice to aid pattern recognition.
Meaning of train
Verb
train (third-person singular simple present trains, present participle training, simple past and past participle trained)
- To practice an ability.
- She trained seven hours a day to prepare for the Olympics.
- To teach and form (someone) by practice; to educate (someone).
- You can't train a pig to write poetry.
- To feed data into an algorithm, usually based on a neural network, to create a machine learning model that can perform some task.
- At least 10 lawsuits have been filed this year against A.I. companies, accusing them of training their systems on artists’ creative work without consent.2023 July 15, Sheera Frenkel, Stuart A. Thompson, “‘Not for Machines to Harvest’: Data Revolts Break Out Against A.I.”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
- To improve one's fitness.
- I trained with weights all winter.
- To proceed in sequence.
- To move (a gun) laterally so that it points in a different direction.
- The assassin had trained his gun on the minister.
Forms of training
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Words formed from training
- auditory integration training
- autogenic training
- basic training
- borstal training
- circuit training
- conflict training
- cross-training
- cross training
- cybertraining
- ear training
- e-training
- field training officer
- functional training
- high-intensity interval training
- high intensity training
- home training
- interval training
- jump training
- large group awareness training
- large-group awareness training
- personal training
- physical training
- posttraining
- potty-training
- potty training
- pretraining
- quenouille training
- remote training collar
- resistance training
- self-training
- spring training
- strength training
- teletraining
- toilet training
- trainasium
- training area
- training bib
- training bra
- training camp
- training collar
- training complex
- training exercise
- training ground
- training pants
- training school
- training session
- training ship
- training shoe
- training wall
- training wheel
- training wheels
- voice training
- weight training
Phrases with training
- training up
- training bibs
- training bras
- house training
- training areas
- training ships
- training shoes
- training walls
- clicker training
- training collars
- training grounds
- unpotty training
6 more phrasesFewer phrases
Words that rhyme with training
- draining
- planing
- remaining
- waning
- aquatraining
- baning
- caning
- chaining
- complaining
- craning
- entertaining
- feigning
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Questions about training
- What does training mean?
- Training means action of the verb to train.
- What is training the present participle and gerund of?
- Training is the present participle and gerund of train.
- What part of speech is training?
- Training is a noun.
- How do you pronounce training?
- Training is pronounced /ˈtɹeɪnɪŋ/.
- What is the plural of training?
- The plural of training is trainings.
Words near training in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: training (page history and authors); train (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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