Meanings
comparative more trained · superlative most trained
- Having undergone a course of training (sometimes in combination).
fully trained troops
1 more example
As soon as Julia returned with a constable, Timothy, who was on the point of exhaustion, prepared to give over to him gratefully. The newcomer turned out to be a powerful youngster, fully trained and eager to help, and he stripped off his tunic at once.
1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 19, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC - Manipulated in shape or habit.
trained fruit trees
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of train
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveshaped or conditioned or disciplined by training; often used as a combining form
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰregʰ-der.?
- Latintrahere
- Vulgar Latin*tragīnāre
- Old Frenchtraïner
- Old Frenchtrain
- Middle Englishtrayne
- Englishtrain
- Englishtrained
Translations
Arabic مُدَرَّب
- مُدَرَّب (mudarrab)having undergone a course of training
Bulgarian обучен, трениран
- обучен (obučen)having undergone a course of training
- трениран (treniran)having undergone a course of training
German ausgebildet, geschult
- ausgebildethaving undergone a course of training
- geschulthaving undergone a course of training
Hungarian képzett, szakképzett
- képzetthaving undergone a course of training
- szakképzetthaving undergone a course of training
- kiképzetthaving undergone a course of training
- gyakorlotthaving undergone a course of training
- betanítotthaving undergone a course of training
- okleveleshaving undergone a course of training
Latin doctus
- doctushaving undergone a course of training
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with trained
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Cite this entry
trained. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trained
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