Training

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪnɪŋ

Verb

1. Present participle of train

Noun

1. Action of the verb to train.
2. The activity of imparting and acquiring skills.
• 2012-01, Stephen Ledoux, Behaviorism at 100, Becoming more aware of the progress that scientists have made on behavioral fronts can reduce the risk that other natural scientists will resort to mystical agential accounts when they exceed the limits of their own disciplinary training.
3. The result of good social upbringing.
4. (computing) The process by which two modems determine which protocol and speed to use; handshaking.
5. (voice recognition) The recording of multiple samples of a user's voice to aid pattern recognition.

Derived terms

• training bra
• training wheels