English Online Dictionary. What means training? What does training mean?
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtɹeɪnɪŋ/
- Hyphenation: train‧ing
- Rhymes: -eɪnɪŋ
Verb
training
- present participle and gerund of train
Noun
training (usually uncountable, plural trainings)
- Action of the verb to train. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
- The activity of imparting and acquiring skills.
- The result of good social upbringing.
- (computing) The process by which two modems determine which protocol and speed to use; handshaking.
- (voice recognition) The recording of multiple samples of a user's voice to aid pattern recognition.
Usage notes
- The plural trainings, for more than one training session, is not often used.
Derived terms
Translations
Anagrams
- atrining
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from English training.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtreː.nɪŋ/
- Hyphenation: trai‧ning
- Rhymes: -eːnɪŋ
Noun
training f (plural trainingen, diminutive traininkje n)
- training (imparting or acquisition of skills, esp. in exercise and sports, also in chiefly extracurricular education)
- a training session
Derived terms
- basistraining
- trainingsbroek
- trainingskamp
- trainingspak
- voetbaltraining
Further reading
- “training” in Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling, Nederlandse Taalunie. [the official spelling word list for the Dutch language]
Romanian
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English training.
Noun
training n (plural traininguri)
- training
Declension
Spanish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English training.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtɾeinin/ [ˈt̪ɾei̯.nĩn]
- Rhymes: -einin
Noun
training m (plural trainings)
- training
Usage notes
According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.