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verb

past tense of train

as in prepared

to bring to a proper or desired state of fitness has been training track-and-field athletes at the school for years

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deconditioned

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to cause to acquire knowledge or skill in some field will train the students in good study habits

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as in focused

to fix (as one's attention) steadily toward a central objective train all your thoughts on imagining how you'd score the winning goal in the game

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as in aimed

to point or turn (something) toward a target or goal trained his eyes on the distant bull's-eye

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as in equipped

to make competent (as by training, skill, or ability) for a particular office or function he's so experienced that they usually use him to train new recruits

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Recent Examples of trained

Adjective

Hundreds of millions of people are using its generative AI tools each week, so people are beginning to tap into the power of these generative pre-trained transformers (GPT) and large language models (LLMs). — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 19 Feb. 2026 Even trained and experienced guides may violate emotional or interpersonal boundaries of participants, who are in vulnerable and suggestible states brought on by the effects of the drugs themselves. — Erica Rex, STAT, 19 Feb. 2026 Oasis Tutoring is just one component of the national Oasis program, which connects trained volunteers, typically aged 50-plus, with students needing help across the Ramona Unified School District. — Regina Elling, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Jan. 2026 The use of pre-trained teacher networks and machine learning frameworks means enterprises need to make sure the machine learning supply chain is secure. — IEEE Spectrum, 11 Mar. 2021

Verb

Veterans are trained to blacksmith, transport horses, and to understand farm management. — CBS News, 13 Nov. 2026 Chef Alejandra Espinoza, who was trained in France, expanded from a downtown food hall counter to a space seating 60 in the main dining room, 10 at the bar and eight in a private dining room. — Miami Herald, 13 Nov. 2026 Throughout the retail floor training process, Cefalu said each employee is trained and coached hands-on, acquainted with the family’s DNA and the business’s culture and taught how to provide a high level of service. — Emily Mercer, Footwear News, 13 Nov. 2026 Huang is a comedian trained in the xiangsheng tradition, a form of Chinese comedic dialogue that relies heavily on wordplay and rhymes. — ABC News, 13 Nov. 2026 Huang also vocally supported open models, which make their core components public, allowing researchers to see how the models are trained. — Chris Stokel-Walker, Scientific American, 12 Nov. 2026 We are so wired for vengeance, so trained to retaliate, mused Vonnegut, Jesus must be classed among the revolutionaries. — Dominic Erdozain, Time, 12 Nov. 2026 Government employees were trained to identify counterintelligence attacks. — Lorena O’Neil, Rolling Stone, 12 Nov. 2026 Researchers also trained its walking system on flat ground, so navigating stairs and uneven surfaces remains a challenge. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 6 Nov. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for trained

Adjective

One housebroken joey would watch television in their living room.

— Washington Post, Washington Post, 15 Apr. 2021
Sherman, discarded by the Seahawks, arrives with bad-puppy baggage — old, banged-up, a rep for being not quite housebroken.

— Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle, 17 Mar. 2018

Definition of housebroken

Adjective

Olaolu Aganga, head of portfolio construction and analytics at Citi Wealth, said hedge funds have attracted the strongest recent interest among qualified clients, who are seeking returns less dependent on the direction of equity markets.

— Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 12 Nov. 2026
The $750 million ceiling will likely be reached this year, but that’s no guarantee there will be enough qualified productions to fill the gap to a billion.

— Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 12 Nov. 2026

Definition of qualified

Adjective

Trump’s notoriety for corruption may finally be eclipsing his populist appeal, and even rhetoricians as skilled as Jennings have difficulty making a case for him.

— Clarence Page, Chicago Tribune, 2 Nov. 2026
Provincial officials are counting on the project to deliver billions of dollars in investment, highly skilled jobs and a market for surplus wind power.

— ABC News, ABC News, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of skilled

Verb

Without a mathematical component, education for citizenship leaves students only partially prepared for democratic participation.

— Ismar Volić, Washington Post, 8 Nov. 2026
Missile attacks struck across Ukraine on Saturday, wounding at least nine people, as Kyiv and Moscow prepared for new talks next week with the United States.

— CBS News, CBS News, 7 Nov. 2026

Definition of prepared

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Much of her time in the legislature has been focused on expanding educational access, criminal justice reform, workplace protections, consumer protections and cleaner air.

— Christa Swanson, CBS News, 8 Nov. 2026
His public events have focused on his pet projects in Washington, which have proven unpopular with voters.

— STEVEN SLOAN, Arkansas Online, 8 Nov. 2026

Definition of focused

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The strikes also aimed to limit Tehran’s ability to threaten commercial shipping near the Strait of Hormuz.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 3 Nov. 2026
Israel says the strikes are aimed at militant targets and accuses Hamas of using civilians as human shields.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 2 Nov. 2026

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Banks can help through grants, partnerships and appropriate credit, alongside investors equipped to finance early-stage technology risk.

— Ed Gaskin, Boston Herald, 7 Nov. 2026
Those closest to constituents were best equipped to govern them, the argument went.

— Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 7 Nov. 2026