noun

train

TRAYN

noun

A line of connected railway carriages pulled by an engine, used to carry passengers or freight.

"We caught the early train to London."

"The train was delayed by twenty minutes."

A long, flowing part of a garment, especially a wedding dress, that trails along the ground.

"Her wedding dress had a train several metres long."

A connected series of events, thoughts, or vehicles.

"He lost his train of thought halfway through the speech."

verb

To teach someone a skill through instruction and practice.

"She trains new recruits at the fire academy."

"He trained for months before running the marathon."

To feed data into a computer program so it learns to perform a task.

"The model was trained on millions of images."

How to Use Train

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishA railway vehicle, a trailing part of a dress, a connected sequence, or to teach/practise a skill.

Common pairings

catch a train train of thought train for a marathon train a model

Word Forms

trained past tense, trained past tense, trains plural, trains plural, Trains plural, trains singular, trains singular

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Etymology

From Old French train ("a drawing out, a delay"), from traïner ("to pull, to draw"), ultimately from Latin trahere, "to pull or drag" — the sense "to teach" developed later in Middle English by extension.

Rhymes for train

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