TRAINING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does training mean? 

• TRAINING (noun)
  The noun TRAINING has 2 senses:

1. activity leading to skilled behavior

2. the result of good upbringing (especially knowledge of correct social behavior)

  Familiarity information: TRAINING used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TRAINING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Activity leading to skilled behavior

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

grooming; preparation; training

Hypernyms ("training" is a kind of...):

activity (any specific behavior)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "training"):

athletic training (the course of practice and exercise and diet undertaken by an athlete)

discipline (training to improve strength or self-control)

drill ((military) the training of soldiers to march (as in ceremonial parades) or to perform the manual of arms)

drill; exercise; practice; practice session; recitation (systematic training by multiple repetitions)

military training (training soldiers in military procedures)

retraining (training for a new occupation)

schooling (the training of an animal (especially the training of a horse for dressage))

skull practice; skull session (teaching strategy to an athletic team)

toilet training (training a young child to use the toilet)

Derivation:

train (exercise in order to prepare for an event or competition)

train (create by training and teaching)

train (teach and supervise (someone); act as a trainer or coach (to), as in sports)

train (educate for a future role or function)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The result of good upbringing (especially knowledge of correct social behavior)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

breeding; education; training

Context example:

a woman of breeding and refinement

Hypernyms ("training" is a kind of...):

upbringing (properties acquired during a person's formative years)

 Context examples 

In addition, this approach can be performed with minimal training, making it ideal for countries with limited health care resources, where cervical cancer is a leading cause of illness and death among women.

(AI approach outperformed human experts in identifying cervical precancer, National Institutes of Health)

Nay, they are training their left arms, that they may have a steady grasp of the bow.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

It is becoming clear that you have been in training to be a leader, and to that end, Saturn arrived to help to widen and enhance your tutelage.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

A surgeon with advanced training in treating diseases and disorders of the oral cavity.

(Oral surgeon, NCI Thesaurus)

We haven’t an hour to lose, for Wilson has been in half-training this month back.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Attention training improves intelligence and brain function of children.

(Study reveals attention training improves intelligence and brain function of children, University of Granada)

Those whose training began more than 6 hours later remained afraid of the squares.

(How Our Memory Works, NIH, US)

This may include exercise training, education on heart healthy living, and/or counseling to reduce stress.

(Cardiac Rehabilitation, NCI Thesaurus/ACC)

The Association supports basic and clinical research through training and 'seed' grants for researchers who are at the early stage of their careers.

(American Lung Association, NCI Thesaurus)

Until then, bed-wetting alarms, bladder training and medicines might help.

(Bedwetting, NIH)