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Webster 1913 Edition
Training
Train′ing
,Noun.
The act of one who trains; the act or process of exercising, disciplining, etc.; education.
Fan training
(Hort.)
, the operation of training fruit trees, grapevines, etc., so that the branches shall radiate from the stem like a fan.
– Horizontal training
(Hort.)
, the operation of training fruit trees, grapevines, etc., so that the branches shall spread out laterally in a horizontal direction.
– Training college
. – Training day
, a day on which a military company assembles for drill or parade.
[U. S.]
– Training ship
, a vessel on board of which boys are trained as sailors.
Syn. – See
Education
. Webster 1828 Edition
Training
TRA'INING
,ppr.
TRA'INING
,Noun.
Definition 2024
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English
Verb
training
- present participle of train
Noun
training (plural trainings)
- Action of the verb to train. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
- The activity of imparting and acquiring skills.
- 2012 January 1, Stephen Ledoux, “Behaviorism at 100”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 1, page 60:
- 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.
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- The result of good social upbringing.
- (computing) The process by which two modems determine which protocol and speed to use; handshaking.
- (voice recognition) The recording of multiple samples of a user's voice to aid pattern recognition.
Usage notes
- The plural trainings, for more than one training session, is not often used.
Derived terms
Translations
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See also: lessons
See also: classes