Collocations for "training"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "training" in context.
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train
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.v
- train [your dog, a horse] (to)
- train it to [come, sit, shake]
- train a new [employee, member]
- train in a new [employee]
- train a new [employee] in
- train and [develop, equip, support, educate]
- train in [law, medicine]
- train to [help, be, work perform, provide]
- train for [years]
- trained from [birth, childhood] to
- has been [expertly, professionally, specifically] trained to
- trained by [the best, an expert]
- train the [player, team]
- trained [several, a few, many] teams
- trained for the [match, race, competition, marathon]
- train to [win, become the best, be the strongest]
- train yourself hard
- (can) train yourself to
- train [in the gym, in the park, on the pitch, at home]
- [the officers', five] guns were trained on him
- [all, everyone's] eyes were trained on them
- toilet-train your [child, toddler, cat, dog]
- has (not) been toilet-trained
- a [direct, non-stop, bullet, commuter] train (to)
- a [regional, national, intercity, rural] train
- a [freight, cargo, passenger] train
- the night train (to)
- [I'm, left it, got] on the train
- [missed, caught] the express train (to)
- [missed] my train (to)
- [travel, go] by train
- [drive, operate, service] a train
- take the train (to)
- take a train from [New York] to [Boston]
- the train takes [30 minutes, two hours] (to get to)
- the train [stopped, braked, derailed]
- [an artillery, a camel, a baggage, a tank] train
- a train of [vehicles, people, impulses]
- a train of [aides, servants, security staff]
- lost my train of thought
- train [schedules, timetable, times]
- a train [driver, mechanic, inspector]
- a train [service, line, tracks, station, journey]
- a train [accident, crash, wreck, disaster]
- the [speech, party] was a total train wreck
'training' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Monday
- acquired
- actor
- adequate
- advantage
- apprentice
- apprenticeship
- arm
- army
- athletic
- baker
- bartender
- basic
- bicycle
- bike
- binder
- burst
- camp
- capability
- career
- compulsory
- couple
- course
- depot
- early
- education
- employee
- endurance
- enrich
- executive
- exercise
- experience
- extensive
- fellowship
- flight
- formal
- fund
- further
- gear
- hands-on
- inmate
- intense
- interpreter
- job
- leadership
- management
- mandatory
- mate
- mechanic
- military