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English
Pronunciation
Verb
training
- present participle and gerund of train
Noun
training (usually uncountable, 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, 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.
- 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
- auditory integration training
- autogenic training
- basic training
- borstal training
- circuit training
- conflict training
- cross-training
- cross training
- ear training
- e-training
- high-intensity interval training
- high intensity training
- home training
- interval training
- large group awareness training
- large-group awareness training
- personal training
- physical training
- potty training
- potty-training
- quenouille training
- remote training collar
- resistance training
- spring training
- strength training
- toilet training
- training bib
- training bra
- training collar
- training exercise
- training ground
- training pants
- training school
- training ship
- training wall
- training wheel, training wheels (noun (plural only))
- weight training
Translations
the activity of imparting and acquiring skills
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Anagrams
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from English training.
Pronunciation
Noun
training f (plural trainingen, diminutive traininkje n)
- training (imparting or acquisition of skills, esp. in exercise and sports, also in chiefly extracurricular education)
- a training session
Derived terms
Further reading
- “training” in Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling, Nederlandse Taalunie.
Romanian
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English training.
Noun
training n (plural traininguri)
Declension
Declension of training
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
| nominative/accusative | (un) training | trainingul | (niște) traininguri | trainingurile |
| genitive/dative | (unui) training | trainingului | (unor) traininguri | trainingurilor |
| vocative | trainingule | trainingurilor | ||
Spanish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English training.
Pronunciation
Noun
training m (plural trainings)
Usage notes
According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.