🚆 A railway vehicle 🏫 To teach skills 🏃 To prepare physically 🚶 A line of things ⚙️ Connected gears 🎯 To point at 👗 A dress tail 🚆 To travel 🤖 To teach a computer 🌱 To guide growth

to train

7 1.0

To travel by rail to another place

verb
/treɪn/

: viajar en tren

The train leaves for Boston at 3 PM, so we should hurry.

Flip flops, board shorts, trained it to Twickenham station, walked to the ground.

Examples

In one recent example involving the steelworkers union, in exchange for easing costly work rules, the union got companies to train members for new jobs.

Academic text (1992)
Train to New Haven now ready.

Madame Web (2024)
Now ready for departure, train number 12, Pacific Coast... now leaving on track number five.

Memoirs of an Invisible Man (1992)
Train to Moscow in five minutes!

The Death of Stalin (2017)
The kids start riding the bus or train to school on their own in 5th grade.

Blog text (11)
We have received requests to train their forces in Egypt and Yemen.

Blog text (14)
ANNOUNCER [OVER PA]: Once again, train number 11 , the Coast Starlight... ...from Seattle, Oakland, Santa Barbara, has been delayed.

Hard to Kill (1990)
We took the train to New York City for the weekend.
To visit my grandparents, I often train from Chicago to Seattle.

Synonyms

to journey

vsto train

40 2.6

To travel from one place to another over a long distance

is narrower focusing on using a specific transport method

to ride the rails

vsto train

4 7.4

To travel long distances by train in a relaxed or adventurous way

is more neutral and refers to transport without leisure or adventure

to rail

vsto train

1 2.4

To travel by train

is about using that transport method to go somewhere

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

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

7 2.1

A train that runs under a city to carry people

wagon train

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

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

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

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 Fast

to fly

∞ 2.3

to train

7 1.0

drive

372 1.0

to cycle

10 1.8

walk

758 1.0

Surface Forms

train infinitive

trained past

trained past participle

training present participle

trains third person singular

Etymology

To train somewhere (travel by train) comes from using the vehicle called a train, which is a group of cars pulled together, so to train is simply to go by that pulled line of vehicles.