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TRAINING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Activity leading to skilled behavior
Synonyms:
grooming; preparation; training
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("training" is a kind of...):
activity (any specific behavior)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "training"):
athletic training (the course of practice and exercise and diet undertaken by an athlete)
discipline (training to improve strength or self-control)
drill ((military) the training of soldiers to march (as in ceremonial parades) or to perform the manual of arms)
drill; exercise; practice; practice session; recitation (systematic training by multiple repetitions)
military training (training soldiers in military procedures)
retraining (training for a new occupation)
schooling (the training of an animal (especially the training of a horse for dressage))
skull practice; skull session (teaching strategy to an athletic team)
toilet training (training a young child to use the toilet)
Derivation:
train (exercise in order to prepare for an event or competition)
train (create by training and teaching)
train (teach and supervise (someone); act as a trainer or coach (to), as in sports)
train (educate for a future role or function)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The result of good upbringing (especially knowledge of correct social behavior)
Example:
a woman of breeding and refinement
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("training" is a kind of...):
upbringing (properties acquired during a person's formative years)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb train
Context examples:
The National Cancer Institute conducts, coordinates, and funds cancer research, training, health information dissemination, and other programs with respect to the cause, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of cancer.
(National Cancer Institute, NCI Dictionary)
A team of specialists will create a plan for you that includes exercise training, education on heart healthy living, and counseling.
(Cardiac Rehabilitation, NIH: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)
A scientist who has special training in the study of the chemicals and processes that occur in all living things.
(Biochemist, NCI Dictionary)
Treatments include changes in diet, medicines, bowel training, or surgery.
(Bowel Incontinence, NIH: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
The scientists attempted to mimic the novelty-induced effect by turning on cells in the different brain regions 30 minutes after the training period.
(How novelty boosts memory retention, NIH)
The researchers used functional MRI prior to and following the training to image subjects' brains while they listened to the sounds, but did not yet label them.
(How does the brain learn categorization for sounds? The same way it does for images, National Science Foundation)
A registered nurse who has additional education and training in how to diagnose and treat disease.
(Advanced practice nurse, NCI Dictionary)
NCI conducts, coordinates, and funds cancer research, training, health information dissemination, and other programs with respect to the cause, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of cancer.
(National Cancer Institute, NCI Thesaurus)
AACR also fosters research in cancer and related biomedical sciences and promotes public education, science education and training to advance the understanding of cancer etiology, prevention, diagnosis and treatment worldwide.
(American Association of Cancer Research, NCI Thesaurus)
In addition to funding from the NCI, which the NSABP has received since it began, the NSABP also receives support from other sources for ancillary studies, training, and educational programs.
(National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project, NCI Thesaurus)
