to train
881
1.0
- verb
- /treɪn/
- The coach helps athletes train to improve their skills for the competition.
- trained teachers
- train students
- trained assistants
Loading YouTube…
Watch on YouTubeI need you to train me to beat this man.
- I need you to train me to beat this man.
- It is something you need to train yourself in in doing so.
- And so we're paying to train you like real talk.
- And so we have to train the next Gen.
- It's like you got to train people labor.
- He'd broke them, shoot them, train them to pull implements.
- It was initially I made an offer to train PSYOPS for free.
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
∞
1.0
To help someone learn skills, habits, or knowledge
480
1.3
Teach someone the skills they need for a job or role
368
2.2
To give someone knowledge and skills by teaching or training over time
274
2.0
To teach and train people in sports or skills
77
3.0
To teach or train someone in a skill
51
2.6
To teach someone how to do something, often in a class
37
4.1
To prepare someone for a future job or role
32
4.2
To train a person or animal to do something by repeating and giving rewards
Make someone practice a skill again and again to improve it
Antonyms
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
12
2.5
A train that carries people who travel regularly between home and work or school in a city
3
1.8
A long line of connected cars that runs on tracks and carries people or goods
- Specialized
1
5.1
Connected gears and parts that send power from a vehicle's engine or motor to its wheels
- Slang
1
6.0
A fast rise in excitement among many people about a new product or event, often driven online
- Specialized
1
4.0
A train equipped with beds and doctors to carry and treat sick or wounded people
- Specialized
A set of gears where one gear moves around a central gear while spinning to change speed or force
- Specialized
A set of gears where one gear turns around another fixed gear in a gearbox
- Specialized
A fast train that carries goods over long distances between factories and seaports and loads quickly
- Archaic
A cheap train that runs only a few times to meet old laws and keep a line open
How Thorough
Surface Forms
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.