training

Other forms of training

plural

trainings·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about training

What does training mean?

training means "activity leading to skilled behavior". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in training?

training has 2 syllables: trai-ning. The stress falls on "trai". In IPA it is /ˈtɹeɪnɪŋ/.

What is another word for training?

Close synonyms include preparation, grooming, education, breeding. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is training a common word?

training is banded "Core" — among the few thousand words that carry most english. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with training?

1 word rhymes with training. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.