Definitions for training

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training train·ing

Spelling: [trey-ning]

IPA: /ˈtreɪ nɪŋ/

Training is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 150 anagrams from letters in training (agiinnrt).

Definitions for training

noun

1. the education, instruction, or discipline of a person or thing that is being trained:
2. the status or condition of a person who has been trained:
3. Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
4. a line or procession of persons, vehicles, animals, etc., traveling together.
5. Military. an aggregation of vehicles, animals, and personnel accompanying an army to carry supplies, baggage, ammunition, etc.
6. a series or row of objects or parts.
7. Machinery. a connected set of three or more rotating elements, usually gears, through which force is transmitted, or motion or torque changed.
8. order, especially proper order:
9. something that is drawn along; a trailing part.
10. an elongated part of a skirt or robe trailing behind on the ground.
11. a trail or stream of something from a moving object.
12. a line or succession of persons or things following one after the other.
13. a body of followers or attendants; retinue.
14. a series of proceedings, events, ideas, etc.
15. the series of results or circumstances following or proceeding from an event, action, etc.; aftermath:
16. a succession of connected ideas; a course of reasoning:
17. Astronomy. the trace of light created by a meteor falling through the earth's atmosphere. the tail of a comet.
18. a line of combustible material, as gunpowder, for leading fire to an explosive charge.
19. Physics. a succession of wave fronts, oscillations, or the like.

adjective

1. of, relating to, or used in or for training:
2. intended for use during an introductory, learning, or transitional period:

verb (used with object)

1. to develop or form the habits, thoughts, or behavior of (a child or other person) by discipline and instruction:
2. to make proficient by instruction and practice, as in some art, profession, or work:
3. to make (a person) fit by proper exercise, diet, practice, etc., as for an athletic performance.
4. to discipline and instruct (an animal), as in the performance of tasks or tricks.
5. to treat or manipulate so as to bring into some desired form, position, direction, etc.:
6. Horticulture. to bring (a plant, branch, etc.) into a particular shape or position, by bending, pruning, or the like.
7. to bring to bear on some object; point, aim, or direct, as a firearm, camera, telescope, or eye.
8. to entice; allure.

verb (used without object)

1. to give the discipline and instruction, drill, practice, etc., designed to impart proficiency or efficiency.
2. to undergo discipline and instruction, drill, etc.
3. to get oneself into condition for an athletic performance through exercise, diet, practice, etc.
4. to travel or go by train:

Origin of training

1400-50; late Middle English (noun); see train, -ing¹, -ing²

Examples for training

The first includes all the force of discipline and training.

Dr. Ed says Max wants you to give up your training and marry him now.

So, what happens if nothing in his training has replicated such a dire condition?

After the six-week training, the forces will be deployed to confront the Islamic State, officials said.

The training, at least as described by the U.S. military, is incredibly basic.

training in Taji began Dec. 20; a week later, 218 Iraqis began receiving training in Anbar.

Mark my word, Miss Harrison, she'll never finish her training; she'll marry him.

These children, grown up, knew no other methods of training.

As a result, training squadrons—called Formal training Units (FTU)—are being staffed with less than half the people they need.

The training by her father, too, had been of a superior kind.