trainingnoun [ U ]
uk/ˈtreɪ.nɪŋ/us/ˈtreɪ.nɪŋ/B1 the process of learning the skills you need to do a particular job or activity:
a training course
a teacher-training college
New staff have/receive a week's training in how to use the system.
be in training for sth
to exercise a lot and eat particular food in order to prepare yourself for a competition
be good training for sth
to be a useful experience that will be helpful when doing a particular thing in the future:
His experience as a teacher was good training for parenthood.
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- Both soldiers spent two weeks in training before being allowed to rejoin their unit.
- His experience as a teacher was good training for parenthood.
- The treatment for people addicted to tranquillizers includes training in stress management and relaxation techniques.
- The 21-year-old runner twisted his ankle in a training session last Friday.
- No formal qualifications are required for the work - you'll get on-the-job training.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Learning & knowing
- assimilate
- autodidact
- blended learning
- bone up
- brain training
- by-heart
- deskill
- feel
- gen up
- hear tell (of) idiom
- know better (than sb) idiom
- knowable
- mug
- mug (sth) up
- pick sth up
- quick
- reskill
- revision
- specialize
- tell
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Exercising & training
Teaching in general