Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

trained

/tɹeɪnd/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.58 in modern English

Syllables: trained
IPA: /tɹeɪnd/

8

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having undergone a course of training (sometimes in combination).

adj

Manipulated in shape or habit.

verb

simple past and past participle of train

Example Sentences

"fully trained troops"
"As soon as Julia returned with a constable, Timothy, who was on the point of exhaustion, prepared to give over to him gratefully. The newcomer turned out to be a powerful youngster, fully trained and eager to help, and he stripped off his tunic at once."
"trained fruit trees"

Etymology

From train + -ed.

Inflected Forms

more trained (comparative) most trained (superlative)

Derived Forms

foretrained nontrained pseudotrained semitrained undertrained

Phrases

house-trained law-trained potty-trained toilet-trained

Antonyms

untrained

Rhymes With

remained explained obtained gained contained self-contained maintained sustained retained complained detained stained

Questions

How do you pronounce trained?: The recorded pronunciation is /tɹeɪnd/.
What does trained mean?: Having undergone a course of training (sometimes in combination).
Where does trained come from?: From train + -ed.

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