trained

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/tɹeɪnd/

adjective

Having undergone a course of training (sometimes in combination).

“trained fruit trees”

Opposite
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Meanings

adjectivetrained (comparative more trained, superlative most trained)

comparative more trained · superlative most trained

  1. 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
  2. Manipulated in shape or habit.

    trained fruit trees

verb
  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of train

Synonyms & antonyms

Opposite

adjectiveshaped or conditioned or disciplined by training; often used as a combining form

Opposite

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dʰregʰ-der.?
  2. Latintrahere
  3. Vulgar Latin*tragīnāre
  4. Old Frenchtraïner
  5. Old Frenchtrain
  6. Middle Englishtrayne
  7. Englishtrain
  8. Englishtrained

From train + -ed.

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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
APA

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MLA

“trained.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trained. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

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