Meaning of the word train

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Verb

He was never formally trained as a chef.

I’ve been trained in first aid.

I’m training her to take over my job when I retire.

My boss is training me on the new equipment.

We need to train more nurses.

They are highly trained professionals.

I’m training to be a nurse.

I trained at that hospital.

He’s training as a chef.

She had to train her mind to think scientifically.

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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb train in English.

Present

I train

you train

he/she/it trains

we train

you train

they train

Present continuous

I am training

you are training

he/she/it is training

we are training

you are training

they are training

Present perfect

I have trained

you have trained

he/she/it has trained

we have trained

you have trained

they have trained

Present perfect continuous

I have been training

you have been training

he/she/it has been training

we have been training

you have been training

they have been training

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

Past

I trained

you trained

he/she/it trained

we trained

you trained

they trained

Past continuous

I was training

you were training

he/she/it was training

we were training

you were training

they were training

Past perfect

I had trained

you had trained

he/she/it had trained

we had trained

you had trained

they had trained

Past perfect continuous

I had been training

you had been training

he/she/it had been training

we had been training

you had been training

they had been training

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

Future

I will train

you will train

he/she/it will train

we will train

you will train

they will train

Future continuous

I will be training

you will be training

he/she/it will be training

we will be training

you will be training

they will be training

Future perfect

I will have trained

you will have trained

he/she/it will have trained

we will have trained

you will have trained

they will have trained

Future perfect continuous

I will have been training

you will have been training

he/she/it will have been training

we will have been training

you will have been training

they will have been training

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

Conditional

I would train

you would train

he/she/it would train

we would train

you would train

they would train

Conditional continuous

I would be training

you would be training

he/she/it would be training

we would be training

you would be training

they would be training

Conditional perfect

I would have train

you would have train

he/she/it would have train

we would have train

you would have train

they would have train

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been training

you would have been training

he/she/it would have been training

we would have been training

you would have been training

they would have been training

Conditional or «future-in-the-past» tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

Imperative

you train
we let´s train
you train

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

Present Participle

training

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

The translations of train from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «train» in English.

The map shown above gives the frequency of use of the term «train» in the different countries.

List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «train».

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «train» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «train» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

You have to train your brain to be positive just like you work out your body.

But he knew people and he was head writer for Have Gun Will Travel, and if you took those early Star Treks that we did and put us in a western wardrobe and put us on wagon train going west, we can say the same lines.

I went to drama school and, after that, went to Paris to train at a place called Ecole Philippe Gaulier. When I came home, I realised I’d have to have a serious stab at it. I didn’t have an agent and didn’t have the traditional drama school showcase, so I started a comedy group with a couple of friends.

The great want of our race is perfect educators to train new-born minds, who are infallible teachers of what is right and true.

Teacher compensation isn’t the only factor in cultivating great teaching. Other important priorities include changing how we measure student performance, providing more flexibility to teacher-preparation programs, and improving how we train and support principals.

I had some vague memory of visiting Canberra as a lad, when we came up with my father by car. But when I made the long train journey from Sydney to Canberra and arrived at the little stop, I did wonder slightly whether this really was the national capital.

It’s not like every actor needs to train, but an actor will either develop their process through training or through working.

I think the shocking thing to discover is the owls are not stupid and very feral, very hard to train.

Train service is particularly vital for the students and employees of Southern Illinois University.

One day I looked in the mirror, and I wasn’t happy. If you’re not feeling good mentally, emotionally and physically, you’re just a mess — and that’s the point I felt like. It was a change in attitude and a shift in lifestyle. There’s no crazy diet; I train six days a week, and I eat really well.

Moving between contemporary Maine and Depression-era Minnesota, Orphan Train is a powerful tale of upheaval and resilience, second chances, and unexpected friendship.

For use in schools and libraries only. A ticket on the Magic Train takes the reader from outer space to underwater to a land of cakes.

No one shows any interest in adopting shy, plain Marianne, either. But that’s all right: She has to be free for her mother to claim her. Then the train pulls into its final stop, a town called Somewhere . . .

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Advanced Train Control Systems

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Combinatorics of Train Tracks

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Across America on an Emigrant Train

An account of Robert Louis Stevenson’s twelve day journey from New York to California in 1879, interwoven with a history of the building of the transcontinental railroad and the settling of the West.

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Train Up a Child: Old Order Amish and Mennonite Schools

Train Up a Child explores how private schools in Old Order Amish communities reflect and perpetuate church-community values and identity.

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How 2 Become a Train Driver

This professional and comprehensive book covers every aspect of the trainee train driver selection process and is packed full of insider tips and advice brought to you by rail recruitment staff.

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Steam Train, Dream Train

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Tennessee Train Derailment: 5000 Residents Evacuated From …

More than 5,000 residents were evacuated after a freight train carrying a «highly flammable and toxic gas» partly derailed and caught fire overnight just outside … «NBCNews.com, Jul 15»

Man believed to have started deadly fire on bullet train in Japan …

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Amtrak derailment: Could technology have prevented crash?

(CNN) No matter what caused Amtrak Northeast Regional Train 188 to derail as it rounded a bend in Philadelphia, it looks like technology could have prevented … «CNN, May 15»

Video Emerges of Collision Between Train and Tractor-Trailer in …

Cellphone video has emerged of the collision of an Amtrak train and a tractor-trailer in North Carolina that sent more than 40 people to the hospital. The video … «NBCNews.com, Mar 15»

Freight Train Carrying Oil Derails, Catches Fire in Illinois

A train loaded with crude oil derailed, and some of its cars caught fire, in Illinois Thursday while travelling through a rural part of the state, authorities said. «NBCNews.com, Mar 15»

Oxnard train derailment still a mystery to investigators

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Train derailment near LA leaves dozens injured

The VC Line 102 train, which was headed southbound to Los Angeles, hit the truck around 5:45 a.m. near 5th Avenue and Rice Street in Oxnard, according to … «CBS News, Feb 15»

Train Derailment In West Virginia Sends Oil Tanker Into River

A train carrying more than 100 tankers of crude oil derailed in southern West Virginia on Monday, sending at least one into the Kanawha River, igniting at least … «NPR, Feb 15»

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- поезд; состав

- трактор с прицепом
- процессия, кортеж

funeral train — похоронная процессия 

- караван

a train of camels — караван верблюдов 
a long train of sightseers — длинная вереница туристов 

- воен. обоз (тж. baggage train, wagon train)

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- разг. ехать поездом

to train from York to Leeds — ехать (поездом) из Йорка в Лидс 
we trained all the way — мы всю дорогу ехали поездом 
to train the rest of the way — ехать поездом остаток пути 

- (with) амер. разг. водить компанию; связаться (с кем-л.)
- волочить, тащить
- волочиться, тащиться

her skirt trained on the ground — её юбка волочилась по земле 

- уст. притягивать, завлекать

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The train is off. 

Поезд уже отошёл.

Is this dog trained? 

Эта собака дрессирована?

She missed her train 

Она опоздала на свой поезд.

Is the train in yet? 

Поезд ещё не прибыл?

I saw the in train. 

Я увидел прибывающий поезд.

The train is overdue. 

Поезд запаздывает.

He’s training as a chef. 

Он обучается на шеф-повара.

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Nadia trained as a singer.  

The train shuddered to a halt.  

I’ve been trained in first aid.  

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