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training

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Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Training may refer to: Animal training Eccentric Training Instructor-led training Physical training : Physical fitness training Training as a part of Physical exercise Training , the teaching of knowledge, vocational or practical matters Dog training Sports ...

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Train \Train\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Trained ; p. pr. & vb. n. Training .] [OF. trahiner, tra["i]ner,F. tra[^i]ner, LL. trahinare, trainare, fr. L. trahere to draw. See Trail .] To draw along; to trail; to drag. In hollow cube Training his devilish enginery. ...

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
mid-15c., "protraction, delay," verbal noun from train (v.). From 1540s as "discipline and instruction to develop powers or skills;" 1786 as "exercise to improve bodily vigor." Training wheels as an attachment to a bicycle is from 1953.

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 action of the verb ''to train''. 2 The activity of imparting and acquiring skills. vb. (present participle of train English)

Usage examples of training.

And do you also know that had your egocentric, blind lead wizard not been so protective of his silly secret of the training of young females in the craft, you could have easily stopped me from accomplishing all that I have?

By associating various mathematical problems with his constructive exercises, the teacher can frequently cause the pupil to transfer in some degree his primary interest in manual training to the associated work in arithmetic.

But while a long special training, a high tradition and the possibility of reward and distinction, enable the medical student to face many tasks that are at once undignified and physically repulsive, the people from whom we get our anthropological information are rarely men of more than average intelligence, and of no mental training at all.

She had begun her apprenticeship in the Massachusetts Coven, but when she came of age, she moved to San Francisco to complete her training.

Fire Team Alpha, had a gift for verbal impersonations, and he sounded exactly like one of the narrators from a Corps training holovid, or from one of the travelogues the Imperial Astrographic Society produced.

Asia, supervising intelligence flights over trouble spots like Korea and Vietnam when the first BuPers announcement was posted inviting any Navy fliers with test-pilot experience to volunteer for the pool from which a small group of men would be chosen for astronaut training.

So I volunteered to give a refresher course on astrophysics, for anyone who wants to try for astronaut training.

In this form of training, two qualities must be cultivated: attentional stability and vividness.

Living religious traditions begin to degenerate when their followers replace effective spiritual purification, attentional training, and contemplative inquiry with sterile liturgies, ritualistic meditations, and contemplative exercises pursued with the sense that the practitioner already knows their outcome.

LSD and mescaline, psychodrama, group dynamics, sensory-awareness techniques, Quakerism, Gurdjieff exercises, relaxation therapies,the Alexander method, autogenic training, and self-hypnosis.

Bowen rose and started toward the main control room of the station, followed by the boys, the four pilots now on board, and the ballisticians, who had also been acting as instructors to the boys during their training.

The ballium, or outer court, which lay between the inner and outer walls of the castle and entirely surrounded it, was, upon the north or valley side, given over entirely to knightly practice and training.

Daily many knights and ladies came to watch the practice and training that filled the ballium with life and action and color during the morning hours.

The Saudis mobilized their armed forces, began training volunteers, broke off diplomatic relations with Britain and France, banned the refueling of their ships in Saudi ports, and embargoed oil shipments to both countries.

His immune system had been boosted at the beginning of pursuit team training, making it supposedly robust enough to handle any microorganisms on Barchan or Travancore.