Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

training

/ˈtɹeɪnɪŋ/

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.18 in modern English

Syllables: train-ing
IPA: /ˈtɹeɪnɪŋ/

9

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of train

noun

Action of the verb to train.

Uncountable

noun

The activity of imparting and acquiring skills.

Uncountable

noun

The result of good social upbringing.

Uncountable

noun

The process by which two modems determine which protocol and speed to use; handshaking.

Uncountable

noun

The recording of multiple samples of a user's voice to aid pattern recognition.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"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."

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

trainings (plural)

Derived Forms

cybertraining posttraining pretraining teletraining trainasium

Phrases

auditory integration training autogenic training basic training borstal training circuit training conflict training cross-training cross training

Synonyms

preparation grooming education breeding

Rhymes With

remaining containing maintaining explaining gaining complaining entertaining obtaining retaining raining campaigning pertaining

Questions

How do you pronounce training?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈtɹeɪnɪŋ/.
What does training mean?: present participle and gerund of train

How to pronounce training

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