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to train

to train

442 1.0
To exercise to get ready for a sport or event
  • verb
  • /treɪn/
translation icon : entrenar
  • Before the competition, athletes often train for several months to build their strength and endurance.
  • well-trained

I do my breath work and then I train my ass off.

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Examples

  • I used to train at a boxing gym.

  • Now, if I don't train for a week, I feel terrible.

  • So now I had the opportunity to train day and night.

  • We push ourselves, we train hard, we run hard.

  • You start with one mile and you train for months, maybe years.

  • You have to be one person, and then you have to train yourself towards goodness.

  • I know the more I train, the luckier I become.

  • Ladies and gentlemen, we have four months to train our forces to fight like the Companions do.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • The request for 30 candidates to be trained as mentors was filled in only five days.

    Academic text (1990)
  • The Role of Community Colleges: Community colleges have played a significant role in training the STEM workforce.

    Academic text (2012)

Synonyms

to prepare
vsto train
1.3

Teach someone the skills they need for a job or role

focuses on practicing specifically for sports or skill performance
to develop
vsto train
737 1.8

To help a person or group learn skills and improve

is more specific concentrating on deliberate practice for sporting skills
to coach
vsto train
224 2.0

To teach and train people in sports or skills

describes preparing through practice rather than acting as an instructor
to work out
vsto train
155 2.0

To exercise to improve your health

is narrower focusing on physical fitness not skill or competition preparation
to exercise
vsto train
31 1.4

Practice an activity regularly to get better at a skill

is broader and includes physical or mental preparation for sport or competition

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 Prepared

to train
442 1.0
to drill
55 2.9
practice
585 1.6
to exercise
114 1.0
to warm up
95 2.2

Surface Forms

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

Etymology

To train for a sport or event is to prepare and shape your body or mind by practice; the word keeps the idea of slowly 'leading' someone into better form.