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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

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OpenAI and Microsoft do not dispute that its models trained on the news outlet's content, but argue that doing so is legally permissible. — Greta Reich, USA Today, 6 Sep. 2026 After the neural network was trained, cubes named their object class with 85 to 100 percent accuracy—houses proved trickiest. — Matthew Hutson, Scientific American, 6 Sep. 2026 Tai hopes that getting rid of the shame and secrecy around individual AI use can help people feel more in control and motivated to look at other big-picture issues around AI, including how LLMs are trained and where data centers are being built. — Jennifer Liu, CNBC, 6 Sep. 2026 He was trained at Redwood Creek Challenge Trail at Disney California Adventure, and still splits his time between working the attraction and flight ride Soarin’ Across America. — Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 6 Sep. 2026 It can be trained against a wall or espaliered to help support its height. — Mary Marlowe Leverette, The Spruce, 6 Sep. 2026 After all, media and recent cinema have trained us to need to feel big in all matters Palestine. — Ritesh Mehta, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2026 The latest to establish himself at La Liga’s champions is Xavi Espart, a versatile 19-year-old who has worked himself into Hansi Flick’s plans at full-back, despite initially being trained as a midfielder. — Laia Cervelló Herrero, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2026 Sacramento Ballet dancer James Griffen trained at San Francisco Ballet School and witnessed Helimets’ partnering abilities. — Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 5 Sep. 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

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Adjective

The answer to our nation’s physician shortage crisis is to fully open the doors to residency for all qualified candidates, not to close the door on those who choose the osteopathic pathway.

— Torie Bosch, STAT, 5 Sep. 2026
Condoleezza Rice Former Secretary of State Rice is simultaneously too qualified for this role and also a little out of left field.

— Chantel Jennings, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of qualified

Adjective

Medicare may cover up to 100 days of care in a skilled nursing facility following a qualifying hospital stay, according to KFF.

— Lorie Konish, CNBC, 2 Sep. 2026
Tennis phenom Naomi Osaka is known not just as one of the sport’s most skilled players, but as one of its most boundary-pushing style stars.

— Alexandra Hildreth, Vogue, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of skilled

Verb

Maui could record up to 8 inches of rain, the National Hurricane Center said, but officials in the state are also focused on the storm’s impacts on the island of Kauai.

— Dennis Romero, NBC news, 6 Sep. 2026
This has been another summer of multiple key players being sold to help balance the books, with incomings focused on free agents and loans.

— David Ornstein, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of focused

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The Italian champions’ addition of Three Lions — England internationals John Stones, Curtis Jones and Djed Spence — is aimed at bringing more dynamism to a wily group who have reached two Champions League finals in four years.

— James Horncastle, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
Congress has bipartisan bills in the works aimed at setting clearer federal consumer protections, including age verification.

— Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 7 Sep. 2026

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Lockheed Martin installed it aboard the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Preble, making the vessel the first US destroyer equipped with a high-energy laser.

— Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 5 Sep. 2026
Bathrooms are equipped with rain showers, motion-sensing Toto toilets, and soaking tubs.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Sep. 2026