Added 8 October 2026
train
/ˈtɹeɪn/ noun
In Latin: trāmen, hamaxostichus Wiktionary
noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about train at Wordnik → Where our words come from →
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Public transport provided by a line of railway cars coupled together and drawn by a locomotive.
express trains don't stop at Princeton Junction
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A sequentially ordered set of things or events or ideas in which each successive member is related to the preceding.
a string of islands
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A procession (of wagons or mules or camels) traveling together in single file.
we were part of a caravan of almost a thousand camels
verb
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Create by training and teaching.
The old master is training world-class violinists
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Undergo training or instruction in preparation for a particular role, function, or profession.
She is training to be a teacher
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Develop (a child's or animal's) behavior by instruction and practice; especially to teach self-control.
Parents must discipline their children
Origin
From Middle English trayne (“train”), from Old French train (“a delay, a drawing out”), from traïner (“to pull out, to draw”), from Vulgar Latin *traginō, from *tragō, from Latin trahō (“to pull, to draw”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tregʰ- (“to pull, draw, drag”). The verb was derived from the noun in Middle English. For the meaning to teach compare typologically Russian ната́скивать (natáskivatʹ) (akin to тащи́ть (taščítʹ)).
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