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: a person who trains someone or something: such as
a
: one whose occupation is to guide or instruct people in fitness and exercise routines
When we run the track, Stan Ward, a boxing and conditioning trainer, times us.—
Bridgett Riley
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: one who oversees the training of animals
A trainer uses the clicker to create an auditory cue that marks a particular behavior and then rewards the dog with a treat.—C. C. Holland
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: a person who treats the ailments and minor injuries of the members of an athletic team
… he landed so hard that the wind was knocked out of him. He lay writhing on the ground as Herm Schneider, the team trainer, rushed to his side.—William Nack
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chiefly British
: sneaker sense 2
They wore trainers, scuffed and old, with the laces loose and the tongues protruding in defiance at the ankle.—M. J. Trow
Synonyms
Example Sentences
the boxer and his trainer
She hired a personal trainer.
Recent Examples on the Web
Fitzsimmons went on to become the first trainer with two Triple Crowns to his name when his horse Omaha won all three races in 1935.
—Lucas Aulbach, The Courier-Journal, 10 Apr. 2023
Goon, The Mighty Ducks, D2: The Mighty Ducks, Miracle Horseracing: Seabiscuit Inspirational, true underdog story of the famed Depression-era racehorse starring Jeff Bridges as the idealistic owner, Chris Cooper as the grizzled trainer and Tobey Maguire as the oversized jockey.
—Ben Flanagan | Bflanagan@al.com, al, 8 Apr. 2023
After some urging from the trainer in the center of the ring, the horse picks up the pace and clears the next jump effortlessly.
—Sara Lang, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 Apr. 2023
In their complaint, Olivia Sekany and teammates also accused McGuire of punishing the team with an unusually strenuous drill that sent three players to the trainer for medical treatment.
—Nanette Asimov, San Francisco Chronicle, 6 Apr. 2023
To teach him to hunt, trainers would launch fish around his pen with a sling shot.
—Gene Johnson, Fortune, 4 Apr. 2023
To teach him to hunt, trainers would launch fish around his pen with a sling shot.
—Gene Johnson, Orlando Sentinel, 4 Apr. 2023
To teach him to hunt, trainers would launch fish around his pen with a sling shot.
—Gene Johnson, ajc, 4 Apr. 2023
To teach him to hunt, trainers would launch fish around his pen with a sling shot.
—Gene Johnson, Anchorage Daily News, 4 Apr. 2023
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Word History
First Known Use
1543, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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Other forms: trainers
A trainer is someone who teaches or coaches someone, like the trainer at the gym who promises that she’ll have you ready to run a marathon in four months.
Some trainers can teach you how to do sit ups, while others can instruct you to program a computer or be an effective leader. Dog trainers teach dogs to follow commands — and they teach dog owners to give commands effectively. The noun trainer comes from the verb train, «to discipline or teach,» from an earlier sense, «to manipulate to bring a desired form,» the way a gardener trains a rose to grow up a trellis.
Definitions of trainer
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noun
one who trains other persons or animals
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noun
simulator consisting of a machine on the ground that simulates the conditions of flying a plane
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тренер, тренажер, инструктор, дрессировщик, ополченец, горизонтальный наводчик
существительное ↓
- тренер; инструктор
flight trainer — летный инструктор 
She hired a personal trainer. — Она наняла личного тренера.
- дрессировщик
- учебно-тренировочный самолёт
- тренажёр
desk top trainer — настольный тренажёр
trainer-simulator — тренажёр-имитатор
- воен. горизонтальный наводчик
- ополченец
- pl. брит. кроссовки
a decent pair of trainers — пара приличных кроссовок
Мои примеры
Словосочетания
trainer airplane — учебно-тренировочный самолет
synthetic flight trainer — комплексный пилотажный тренажер
computer-based trainer — компьютеризованный тренажер
trainer cargo aircraft — учебно-тренировочный грузовой самолёт; учебно-грузовой ЛА
armored cavalry trainer — тренажёр для подразделений бронекавалерийского полка
celestial navigation trainer — тренажёр для отработки навыков астронавигации
polar celestial navigation trainer — учебно-тренировочное устройство полярной астронавигации
cockpit familiarization trainer — тренажёр для первоначального изучения кабины
cockpit of trainer — кабина тренажёра
Примеры с переводом
My personal trainer works me hard.
Мой личный тренер даёт мне большие нагрузки.
The trainer gave him a rubdown after the game.
Врач команды сделал ему массаж после игры.
The trainer puts the tiger through its paces.
Дрессировщик проверяет способности этого тигра.
The leather of his left trainer was coming away from its rubber base.
Кожа на его левом кроссовке отошла от его резиновой основы.
A trainer has been brought in to work on her fitness.
Для работы над её физической формой пригласили тренера.
Примеры, ожидающие перевода
He’s been sparring with his trainer. 
…a tenacious trainer, she adheres to her grueling swimming schedule no matter what…
Для того чтобы добавить вариант перевода, кликните по иконке ☰, напротив примера.
Возможные однокоренные слова
train — поезд, состав, шлейф, цепь, череда, кортеж, тренироваться, тренировать, обучать
trained — обученный, тренированный, дрессированный, вышколенный, выученный
training — обучение, подготовка, тренировка, учебный, тренировочный
distrainer — лицо, завладевшее имуществом в обеспечение выполнения обязательства,
Формы слова
noun
ед. ч.(singular): trainer
мн. ч.(plural): trainers
Meaning TRAINER
What does TRAINER mean? Here you find 13 meanings of the word TRAINER. You can also add a definition of TRAINER yourself
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0 c. 1600, «one who educates or instructs,» agent noun from train (v.). Meaning «one who prepares another for feats requiring physical fitness» is from 1823, originally of horse-trai [..]
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0 TRAINERTrainers are people who play Pokémon GO.
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0 TRAINERone who trains other persons or animals flight simulator: simulator consisting of a machine on the ground that simulates the conditions of flying a plane A trainer is an aircraft used to develop pilot [..]
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0 TRAINERsomeone who teaches a person or animal to do something well, like swimming or running in a race
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0 TRAINERA trainer is an application that intercepts and alters the memory addresses of a game that you have running in the background. Trainers allow gamers access to features similar to cheat codes, but thes [..]
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0 TRAINERnoun. 1. with regard to cognitive health, a professional trailblazer or facilitator of a sensitivity-training group. A teacher or person overseeing people learning to practice psychotherapy.
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0 TRAINERA device on which a bicycle is placed so that it may be pedaled while stationary. Generally, the front wheel rests on the floor, and there are clamps to support the rear wheel at the ax le.. A roller [..]
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0 TRAINERInstructor of techniques or skills on a specific subject.
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0 TRAINERa person who prepares programmes of learning activities, for instance, debates, study visits, viewing films and running Compass activities for a group of participants. When doing Compass activities, t [..]
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0 TRAINER(n) one who trains other persons or animals(n) simulator consisting of a machine on the ground that simulates the conditions of flying a plane
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0 TRAINERmember of a gun crew who controls the gun’s motion from side to side.
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0 TRAINERIn larger weapons, the member of the gun crew assigned to move the weapon left and right to aim. Compare with POINTER.
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0 TRAINERn. A sneaker; tennis shoe.
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It’s important, according to me, to train in small doses so as to not lose the joy of playing chess. I personally think too many coaching and training classes may take away a child’s interest in the game itself. The essential thing to do is practise often and, in case of a doubt, to consult a trainer.
Viswanathan Anand
PRONUNCIATION OF TRAINER
GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TRAINER
Trainer is a noun.
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.
WHAT DOES TRAINER MEAN IN ENGLISH?
Definition of trainer in the English dictionary
The first definition of trainer in the dictionary is a person who trains athletes in a sport. Other definition of trainer is a piece of equipment employed in training, such as a simulated aircraft cockpit. Trainer is also a person who schools racehorses and prepares them for racing.
WORDS THAT RHYME WITH TRAINER
Synonyms and antonyms of trainer in the English dictionary of synonyms
SYNONYMS OF «TRAINER»
The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «trainer» and belong to the same grammatical category.
Translation of «trainer» into 25 languages
TRANSLATION OF TRAINER
Find out the translation of trainer to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of trainer from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «trainer» in English.
Translator English — Chinese
教官
1,325 millions of speakers
Translator English — Spanish
entrenador
570 millions of speakers
English
trainer
510 millions of speakers
Translator English — Hindi
ट्रेनर
380 millions of speakers
Translator English — Arabic
مُدَرِّب
280 millions of speakers
Translator English — Russian
тренер
278 millions of speakers
Translator English — Portuguese
treinador
270 millions of speakers
Translator English — Bengali
শিক্ষক
260 millions of speakers
Translator English — French
formateur
220 millions of speakers
Translator English — Malay
Jurulatih
190 millions of speakers
Translator English — German
Trainer
180 millions of speakers
Translator English — Japanese
コーチ
130 millions of speakers
Translator English — Korean
훈련관
85 millions of speakers
Translator English — Javanese
Trainer
85 millions of speakers
Translator English — Vietnamese
huấn luyện viên
80 millions of speakers
Translator English — Tamil
பயிற்சியாளர்
75 millions of speakers
Translator English — Marathi
ट्रेनर
75 millions of speakers
Translator English — Turkish
eğitimci
70 millions of speakers
Translator English — Italian
allenatore
65 millions of speakers
Translator English — Polish
trener
50 millions of speakers
Translator English — Ukrainian
тренер
40 millions of speakers
Translator English — Romanian
instructor
30 millions of speakers
Translator English — Greek
προπονητής
15 millions of speakers
Translator English — Afrikaans
afrigter
14 millions of speakers
Translator English — Swedish
tränare
10 millions of speakers
Translator English — Norwegian
instruktør
5 millions of speakers
Trends of use of trainer
TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TRAINER»
The term «trainer» is very widely used and occupies the 4.925 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
FREQUENCY
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TRAINER» OVER TIME
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about trainer
10 QUOTES WITH «TRAINER»
Famous quotes and sentences with the word trainer.
It’s important, according to me, to train in small doses so as to not lose the joy of playing chess. I personally think too many coaching and training classes may take away a child’s interest in the game itself. The essential thing to do is practise often and, in case of a doubt, to consult a trainer.
I do a lot of biking. I need that mileage and the long-distance stuff because tennis demands it. My fitness trainer is always trying to convince me to do an Ironman. I can probably run the marathon, I can make the 112 miles on the bike, but I will never swim for 2.4 miles. I will die after 100 meters.
The fact is that movie stars are as insecure as the rest of us — if not more so. Many live in a luxurious bubble in which their best friends are their trainer, their hairdresser, their publicist, and their Kabbalah instructor.
I started working out with a trainer and I immediately saw results.
For a good workout, I go to At One Fitness in North Hollywood, where my trainer, Jon Allsop, puts me through it all. I like it because it’s a small gym and I’ve known the people for a long time. Jon will have me do cross-training where I’ll lift weights, jump rope, throw around a medicine ball and I never get to stop.
My wife being a trainer helps, because when I’m at home, everything we keep at the house is pretty healthy.
I really love the karate thing I did on CHIPs. I studied with a trainer because I knew we’d do episodes that had karate.
I try to work out with my personal trainer for an hour, four times a week — we mainly concentrate on weights and running. If I’m on the road I sometimes do DVD work-outs in my hotel room — P90X and Insanity are a couple of my favourites.
My family’s support and the negative environment of the day toward blacks in South Carolina became the forces that led me out of the South — first to New York, then to Philadelphia, where I found opportunity in the form of a PAL gym and my trainer, Yank Durham.
Everybody wants to be a better version of themselves — everybody. And I hope one day I can lose some weight. Maybe, who knows, I’ll hire myself a trainer and a fancy cook. In five years, maybe I’ll be an action hero. Then again, maybe I’ll just be this guy. Who knows? But the fun part is embracing the human side of that.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TRAINER»
Discover the use of trainer in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to trainer and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Non-Runner’s Marathon Trainer
» This is marathon running for real people, people with jobs and families and obligations outside of running. The Non-Runner’s Marathon Trainer has proven successful for men and women of all ages. Now let it work for you.
David Whitsett, Forrest Dolgener, Tanjala Kole, 1998
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IELTS Trainer Six Practice Tests Without Answers
Extra practice activities, informed by the Cambridge Learner Corpus, a bank of real candidates’ exam papers, focus on areas where students typically need most help. This ‘without answers’ edition is ideal for class use.
Louise Hashemi, Barbara Thomas, 2011
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First Certificate Trainer Six Practice Tests Without Answers
This ‘without answers’ edition is ideal for class use. Audio CDs featuring the listening activities from the tests are available separately or with the ‘with answers’ edition.
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Trainer Assessment: A Guide to Measuring the Performance of …
There is a continuous focus on the effectiveness of training in most organizations; this book looks at the role and influence of every trainer in that process.
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Knight’s Microsoft Business Intelligence 24-Hour Trainer
A book-and-video introduction to Microsoft’s Business Intelligence tools If you are just starting to get a handle on Microsoft Business Intelligence (BI) tools, this book and accompanying video provides you with the just the right amount of …
Brian Knight, Devin Knight, Adam Jorgensen, 2011
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Excel VBA 24-Hour Trainer
Increase your productivity and save time and effort with Excel VBA This unique book-and-DVD package prepares you to get more out of Excel by using Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) to automate your routine or labor-intensive Excel tasks.
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JavaScript 24-Hour Trainer
This unique book-and-DVD package prepares you for the new generation of Web browser changes that are occurring on the ever-evolving Web and shows you how JavaScript is an essential component of those changes.
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ACSM’s Resources for the Personal Trainer
It continues to serve that function, but the market for it has expanded to practitioners in the field looking for an additional resource, as well as in an academic setting where the book is a core text for personal training programs.
American College of Sports Medicine, 2013
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How to Start a Home-Based Personal Trainer Busines: *Turn …
The book also includes helpful forms and checklists, including: Sample training agreement Equipment maintenance checklist Monthly budget form Personal training log Waiver & release form
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The Tactical Trainer: A Few Thoughts on Training and …
The book is a training guide that addresses training and training development at the individual, team and organizational level.
Msg Paul R Howe U S Army Retired, Paul R. Howe, 2009
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TRAINER»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term trainer is used in the context of the following news items.
American Pharoah’s Trainer Sees Preakness as ‘Easiest’
Baffert, a Hall of Fame trainer, is 3-0 when his Kentucky Derby winner runs in the Preakness, and his fourth Derby winner, American Pharoah, should be the … «New York Times, May 15»
Roger Clemens settles bitter lawsuit with former trainer
After vowing to go to trial, Roger Clemens settled a bitter defamation case with former strength trainer Brian McNamee on Wednesday in Brooklyn federal court. «New York Post, Mar 15»
Missing dolphin trainer found dead in Spain
(CNN) A Spanish dolphin trainer who was accused on social media of abusing the animals has been found dead, a source with the Spanish National Police told … «CNN, Mar 15»
Neuer Mainz-Trainer: Siebter (!) Kreuzbandriss zwang Schmidt in …
Der neue Trainer des FSV Mainz 05 mag einen Allerweltsnamen haben, seine Vita aber ist spannend. Kreuzbandrisse steckt Martin Schmidt weg wie … «DIE WELT, Feb 15»
SeaWorld Drops Appeal Of OSHA Citation Issued After Trainer’s Death
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — SeaWorld Entertainment has dropped an appeal of citations it received after the drowning of a trainer who was pulled under by a killer … «Huffington Post, Aug 14»
Watch the terrifying moment crocodile sank its teeth into trainer’s …
The screaming school holiday crowd were immediately reassured by the unusually composed trainer: ‘everyone calm down’ he can be heard saying as soon as … «Daily Mail, Jul 14»
Trainer cites loud Churchill speakers in horse’s death
In a bizarre mishap, the 5-year-old mare Never Tell Lynda died on the track Thursday after reacting to what trainer Kenny Wirth said was the sudden loud sound … «The Courier-Journal, May 14»
Neuer Trainer bei Mainz 05 — Hjulmand übernimmt Tuchels Job
Kasper Hjulmand wird neuer Trainer beim Fußball-Bundesligisten FSV Mainz 05. Nach dem überraschenden Ende der Zusammenarbeit mit dem vertraglich … «Süddeutsche.de, May 14»
SeaWorld debuts trainer emergency vests
SeaWorld Orlando trainers on Monday began wearing new, custom-designed emergency vests as a safety improvement in the wake of Dawn Brancheau’s death … «WKMG Orlando, Apr 14»
PETA Videos Prompt New York and Kentucky to Investigate Horse …
Lukas, who has won 14 Triple Crown races — the most for a trainer — said that in the beginning of his career as a quarterhorse trainer, everyone at Ruidoso … «New York Times, Mar 14»
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