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training

7 definitions • 13 examples
1
the process of learning the skills you need to do a particular job or activity:

Examples:

a training course
a teacher-training college
have/receive training in New staff have/receive a week's training in how to use the system.
2
to exercise a lot and eat particular food in order to prepare yourself for a competition:

Examples:

Earlier this week Dan revealed that he's in training for the London marathon.
3
to be a useful experience that will be helpful when doing a particular thing in the future:

Examples:

His experience as a teacher was good training for parenthood.
4
in machine learning (= the study of creating computer systems that can improve their own ability to carry out tasks by analysing new data), the process of creating or improving a computer representation of a system or process by supplying it with data:

Examples:

training data The study investigates the impact of biased training data on generative AI performance.
The models performed well when tested on new categories not seen during training.
5
the process of learning the skills you need to do a particular job or activity:

Examples:

We got two weeks of on-the-job training on how to conduct interviews.
6
When you are in training for a competition, you exercise in a way that prepares you for it.
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Examples:

Every new sales recruit must do an initial training period.
It is a three-stage examination, with a considerable element of on-the-job training required.
be in training In some cases, junior doctors still in training have been enlisted to teach.
give/offer/provide training Providing adequate training helps to develop a high level of motivation in a sales force.
have/get/receive training She has received very little training.

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