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adjective

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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

as in taught

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

This is powerful stuff and there needs to be a coordinated rollout specific to entire teams where everyone gets trained and then together use these applications consistently, rather than going rogue. — Gene Marks, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2026 She’s gotten trained in the Neil Peart school of drum fill writing and rhythm writing. — Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 23 Aug. 2026 Before hibernation, the mice had been trained on two standard memory tasks. — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 22 Aug. 2026 Considerable attention was brought to the county’s former problem of spending resources to train dispatchers only to lose them once fully trained. — Shelley Jones, Chicago Tribune, 22 Aug. 2026 Miami’s city manager said in June that there were just two Miami police officers trained under the 287(g) program. — Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 22 Aug. 2026 Makhachev and Nurmagomedov, who have trained together much of their lives, were coached by Nurmagomedov’s father, Abdulmanap. — Mark Puleo, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2026 The office set up a AI Governance Committee to oversee how the technology gets used and to make sure staff are trained to use it. — Laurie Mermet, Sun Sentinel, 16 Aug. 2026 In their latest study, Rajput and his colleagues propose an approach that uses deep neural networks trained through online learning. — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 16 Aug. 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

There are economic repercussions; sure, robots could build houses, but what happens to all the skilled carpenters?

— Jeff Haden, CNBC, 26 Aug. 2026
Heather McKenzie, who works in labor relations in Lincoln, said putting more data centers in Nebraska can slow an exodus of skilled young people leaving the state.

— Will Weissert, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of skilled

Verb

Ford said in an interview published Monday that Canada should be prepared to cut off electricity exports to the United States if the trade war worsens, putting a potentially powerful weapon on the table.

— Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN Money, 25 Aug. 2026
While earthquakes are not connected to climate change, the way many cities in earthquake-prone California have prepared for a potential Big One is as an example of what’s possible.

— Peter Prengaman, Fortune, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of prepared

Verb

And users can choose from feeds with different algorithms, like those focused on animals or style or the most popular videos on the app.

— Clare Duffy, CNN Money, 23 Aug. 2026
The firm focused on growth investments, raising capital from endowments, foundations, sovereign funds, and family offices, but has since grown into an investment giant in the venture space.

— Kirk Ogunrinde, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026

Definition of focused

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After scammers stole nearly €700,000 ($816,600) from Estonia’s Artists’ Association (EKL), artists have donated 124 works to an emergency fundraising auction aimed at helping the organization recover from the fraud, UA News wrote.

— George Nelson, ARTnews.com, 24 Aug. 2026
The looming escalation comes as both sides missed a 60-day ceasefire window to reach a deal, closing off the formal truce mechanism aimed at ending the Middle East war now in its sixth month.

— Anniek Bao, CNBC, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of aimed

Verb

Abolishing the games would eliminate valuable auditions for players who need them — those same players who are least equipped to absorb the consequences if they’re injured.

— Jason Lloyd, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026
The ideas suggest that Julie and Billy remain ideally equipped to take on an increasingly surreal era of looksmaxxing, brand integration, nepo babies, prestige dramedies and vertical video.

— Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 21 Aug. 2026