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training

training

4 1.8
Manners and social skills learned from family or school
  • noun
  • /ˈtreɪnɪŋ/
: educación
  • Each physician had been exquisitely prepared through years of training to keep people alive when terrible events happened.
  • social skills training
  • parent education and training
  • moral training

You know, people really inherit, I think, in our training, a tremendous amount of inhibitions.

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Examples

  • It's taken me more than eight years of medical training to learn what to do.

  • Hope had also gone through extensive behavior training and loved being around children.

    Academic text (2013)
  • To this was added musical training at the Conservatory of Fine Arts.

  • The first day of training was devoted to good research practices for all staff.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Published authors come from myriad training backgrounds, but they share a mixture of skills and commitment.

    Academic text (2011)
  • The choral ensembles benefit from the refined training of their individual members.

    Academic text (2008)
  • Examiners were two graduate students with extensive training in psychoeducational assessment.

    Academic text (2013)
  • Her motive is honorable, but her methodology is distanced by her Western training and outlook.

    Academic text (2008)
  • Her parents emphasized the importance of good manners and social training during her childhood.

  • The school offers various programs that focus on social training to enhance students' interaction skills.

Synonyms

upbringing
vstraining
73 3.2

The care, teaching, and values a child gets from parents

highlights deliberate social refinement learned from good parental guidance
nurture
vstraining
17 4.2

The effect of home and life experiences on how a person develops

focuses on deliberate teaching of manners and social polish not general environment
breeding
vstraining
15 6.7

Polite manners learned from family or education

focuses on developing manners through education rather than inherited habit
cultivation
vstraining
  • Formal
3 3.8

Developing and improving a person's mind, manners, or social skills

emphasizes development coming specifically from parents' care and guidance
grooming
vstraining
3 4.1

Preparing someone for a job or role

targets learning manners and polite conduct rather than role preparation

Antonyms

94 3.5

Not caring for someone or something that needs care

14 3.6

Bad behavior that breaks rules or causes trouble

Compounds

A planned set of lessons and activities to teach new skills

39 3.0

Practice and games in spring for baseball teams before the regular season starts

A first period of military training for new soldiers with hard exercise and strict rules

To teach people the skills to be soldiers

A school that teaches useful job skills like cooking or car repair

Teaching that gives the skills someone needs to do a job safely and correctly

To teach a young child or pet to go to the bathroom instead of wearing diapers

Education that teaches practical skills for a job or trade

Exercise and lessons done at home rather than in a gym or school

A planned program of practice, exercise, and diet to make an athlete stronger and faster

1 6.6

A set of meals planned for athletes and served together to help them train

1 5.0

A course that teaches people to say what they feel and need clearly and respectfully

A ship that teaches people how to sail and work at sea

1 3.0

A college that teaches the skills needed for a job

A college program that trains students to become military officers and usually requires service after graduation

training school
  • Archaic
1 6.4

A place that holds young people who broke the law and helps them learn better behavior

A United States government school that trains officers from federal law enforcement agencies

autogenic training
  • Specialized
1 8.2

A way to relax your body by using calm thoughts and focusing on body feelings

training program
  • Specialized
1 3.3

Software that makes a computer model learn from many examples

1 4.9

Using skills or knowledge learned in one place in another similar situation

A course before someone starts a job that teaches basic skills and how to behave at work

How Refined

polish
12 5.3
cultivation
  • Formal
3 3.8
training
4 1.8

Surface Forms

training singular
trainings plural

Morphology

training = train (semi-transparent) = train + ing

Formally derived from 'train' + '-ing', but the sense 'upbringing; social refinement' is somewhat figurative and may not be readily inferred by all learners.

Etymology

Training also kept the idea of being 'led' into good habits or manners. That's why a person's training can show in polite behaviour and social skill.