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to train

to train

1.0
To teach someone skills by practice and help
  • verb
  • /treɪn/
translation icon : formar
  • The coach helps athletes train to improve their skills for the competition.
  • trained teachers
  • train students
  • trained assistants

I need you to train me to beat this man.

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Examples

  • The debate surrounding the manner in which to best train surgical residents remains unresolved.

    Academic text (2015)
  • Overall, social workers primarily served as group facilitators or trained teachers to implement the intervention.

    Academic text (2013)
  • I want to teach you how to train yourself to dream big.

  • As you know, I have to train to do what I do.

  • Yeah, my dad trained me since I was a kid.

  • And in that way you can train creatures to do complicated things.

  • Now how do we, how do we train problem solvers?

  • And what this motivates me to do is train harder, right?

  • Wouldn't it be a good idea to train for a marathon?

  • Day in and day out, they've trained how to run bases and accurately assess the situation.

Synonyms

to teach
vsto train
1.0

To help someone learn skills, habits, or knowledge

focuses more on guided practice to develop skills
to prepare
vsto train
1.3

Teach someone the skills they need for a job or role

focuses more on ongoing guided practice to build specific skills
to educate
vsto train
627 2.2

To give someone knowledge and skills by teaching or training over time

aims more at practical skill practice and guided improvement
to coach
vsto train
224 2.0

To teach and train people in sports or skills

is broader, covering any systematic practice and guided learning
to instruct
vsto train
  • Formal
85 2.6

To teach someone how to do something, often in a class

emphasizes repeated practice and skill building through guidance
to school
vsto train
58 3.0

To teach or train someone in a skill

is similar but emphasizes hands on practice and guidance
to condition
vsto train
  • Specialized
49 4.2

To train a person or animal to do something by repeating and giving rewards

aims instead at conscious skill development via guided practice
to groom
vsto train
34 4.1

To prepare someone for a future job or role

is more general, focusing on repeated practice for skill building
to drill (someone)
vsto train
3.9

Make someone practice a skill again and again to improve it

is broader, including varied guidance rather than only repetition

Antonyms

Make a person or animal stop a learned habit

Phrasal Verbs

To practice together as a group to improve skills

Teach a young child to use the toilet instead of diapers

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

Compounds

69 1.0

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

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

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

9 1.0

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

A train that carries people, not goods

7 2.1

A train that runs under a city to carry people

7 3.8

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

5 2.8

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

3 3.1

A place where trains stop to load people or goods

2 1.6

Money you pay to travel by train

1 1.8

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

1 1.2

A toy with small trains and tracks to play with

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

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

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

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 Thorough

drill
257 3.4
to train
1.0
to coach
224 2.0
to teach
1.0
to instruct
188 2.8
to show
1.0

Surface Forms

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

Etymology

To train someone comes from the older idea of 'leading' or guiding step by step, so training is about guiding a person or animal until they learn the right way to do things.