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to train

to train

5 4.2
To make a computer program learn patterns from data to do a task
  • verb
  • /treɪn/
  • Specialized
translation icon : entrenar
  • So we use thousands of videos to train our AI at Mercy Fox.
  • train a model
  • trained using
  • train a system

It might be that you have to train, you know, pre train it.

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Examples

  • We used a large dataset to train the algorithm to accurately predict stock prices.

  • The people who build, use and train AI care about patents.

  • And we also have less data to train a fancy model on.

  • We use the training set to discover relations and train the model.

    Academic text (2018)

  • So in other words, Tesla took data and trained it within the last year.

  • Thus, models were trained on one of the two datasets and tested using the other.

    Academic text (2016)

  • We only had time to train the neural net on a limited number of authors.

    Fiction book (2001)

  • We used the image of Boxey you gave us to train the drone to respond to him.

    Battlestar Galactica (1978)

  • The DD confidence model is trained to maximize log-likelihood on a correct/incorrect binary classification task.

    Academic text (2017)

  • Two supervised learning algorithms, RF and SVM, were used to train and test the datasets at different resolutions.

    Academic text (2017)

Phrasal Verbs

to train together
5 2.7

To practice together as a group to improve skills

to toilet-train
1 3.5

Teach a young child to use the toilet instead of diapers

to house-train
1 3.5

To teach a pet to go to the toilet in the right place inside a home

Compounds

train station
  • US
69 1.0

A place where trains stop for people and goods to get on and off

freight train
20 2.8

A long train that carries goods instead of people

train of thought
  • Informal
17 3.6

A set of ideas that follow each other in your mind

commuter train
10 2.5

A train that carries people who travel regularly between home and work or school in a city

gravy train
  • Informal
9 6.9

A situation where someone gets a lot of money for little work

train ticket
9 1.0

A paper or digital pass that lets you travel on a train

passenger train
8 1.5

A train that carries people, not goods

subway train
  • US
7 2.1

A train that runs under a city to carry people

wagon train
  • US
7 3.8

A line of wagons that travel together for safety on long journeys

bullet train
5 2.8

A very fast passenger train that runs on special tracks like those in Japan

train depot
  • US
3 3.1

A place where trains stop to load people or goods

train fare
2 1.6

Money you pay to travel by train

railroad train
  • US
1 1.8

A long line of connected cars that runs on tracks and carries people or goods

train set
1 1.2

A toy with small trains and tracks to play with

car train
1 4.5

A train that carries people and their cars

mail train
  • Archaic
1 2.6

A train that carries letters and packages for the post

slow train
1 2.5

A train that stops at many stations and takes a long time

milk train
  • Archaic
1 6.5

A train that carries fresh milk from farms to cities

hype train
  • Slang
1 6.0

A fast rise in excitement among many people about a new product or event, often driven online

power train
  • Specialized
1 5.1

Connected gears and parts that send power from a vehicle's engine or motor to its wheels

train set
  • Specialized
1 4.2

A group of example data used to teach a computer program

wave train
  • Specialized
1 7.3

A group of similar waves that follow each other at regular times

boat train
  • UK
4.8

A train that takes people to a port to catch a ship

epicyclic gear train
  • Specialized
6.5

A set of gears where one gear moves around a central gear while spinning to change speed or force

epicyclic train
  • Specialized
9.9

A set of gears where one gear turns around another fixed gear in a gearbox

liner train
  • Specialized
5.6

A fast train that carries goods over long distances between factories and seaports and loads quickly

hospital train
  • Specialized
4.0

A train equipped with beds and doctors to carry and treat sick or wounded people

parly train
  • Archaic
9.9

A cheap train that runs only a few times to meet old laws and keep a line open

train dispatcher
5.0

A person who directs trains and controls their movement on railway tracks

train oil
  • Archaic
9.9

An oil made from whale fat used long ago for lamps and soap

How Trained

to overtrain
  • Specialized
7.4
to fine-tune
26 4.2
to train
  • Specialized
5 4.2
pretraining
  • Specialized
4.4

Surface Forms

train infinitive
trained past
trained past participle
training present participle
trains third person singular

Etymology

To train a computer model keeps the old sense of 'teach' or 'shape'—you give it many examples to 'pull it into shape', so it learns to do a task reliably.