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adjective

Definition of trainednext
1
as in housebroken

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as in qualified

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as in skilled

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trained

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verb

past tense of train
1
as in prepared
to bring to a proper or desired state of fitness has been training track-and-field athletes at the school for years

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as in taught
to cause to acquire knowledge or skill in some field will train the students in good study habits

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as in focused
to fix (as one's attention) steadily toward a central objective train all your thoughts on imagining how you'd score the winning goal in the game

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as in aimed
to point or turn (something) toward a target or goal trained his eyes on the distant bull's-eye

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as in equipped
to make competent (as by training, skill, or ability) for a particular office or function he's so experienced that they usually use him to train new recruits

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for trained
  1. housebroken
  2. qualified
  3. skilled
  4. prepared
  5. taught
  6. focused
  7. equipped
  8. armed
Adjective
  • One housebroken joey would watch television in their living room.
    Washington Post, Washington Post, 15 Apr. 2021
  • The country’s leading art educator was the mediocre German painter Anton Raphael Mengs, who promulgated a sort of housebroken neoclassicism.
    Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2020
Definition of housebroken
Adjective
  • Therefore, the state court concluded, the charity is not qualified to be exempt from state unemployment taxes as a religious institution.
    Nina Totenberg, NPR, 13 Dec. 2024
  • The survey by the AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research revealed that a majority of adults are not confident in Trump's ability to fill key positions with qualified candidates, despite his promises to shake up Washington.
    Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 13 Dec. 2024
Definition of qualified
Adjective
  • Mansouri added that Australia’s migration system emphasizes skilled migration and targets individuals with experience and qualifications in high-demand occupations.
    Celia Fernandez, CNBC, 11 Dec. 2024
  • That’s possible because North America also has the world’s best higher education and skilled labor pool.
    Chris Turlica, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of skilled
Verb
  • Plenty of our Actors on Actors subjects did their homework this time around — but Selena Gomez may win the prize for most prepared.
    Daniel D'Addario, Variety, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Before deciding to play this game, ensure that your company is not only prepared to compete but is also equipped to be a valuable player in the investor’s portfolio.
    Cody Slach, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of prepared
Verb
  • These strategies are now unremarkable enough to be taught to kids in schools.
    Joshua Rothman, The New Yorker, 10 Dec. 2024
  • Those who knew Levin are remembering the beloved former educator, who taught at Absegami High School in Galloway Township.
    Anna Lazarus Caplan, People.com, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of taught
Verb
  • The plans also portray a company management team focused on dealing with the realities of an energy transition most agree is now faltering, rather than on signaling virtue by supporting prevailing narratives.
    David Blackmon, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
  • The key is to remain adaptable, focused and committed to continuous improvement—both personally and organizationally.
    Nazar Gulyk, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of focused
Verb
  • For instance, factories that embrace digitization are better equipped to handle fluctuations in demand, disruptions in supply chains and labor shortages.
    Georg Beyschlag, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
  • However, once the pandemic hit, All Fresh Seafood was better equipped to pivot to the new landscape.
    Molly Peck, USA TODAY, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of equipped
Adjective
  • The public sentiment has led companies to close headquarters, scrub their websites of top executives’ photographs and increase armed security details for key leaders as a safety precaution.
    Kara Scannell, CNN, 13 Dec. 2024
  • Prolonged absence from school increases likelihood that a child drops out for good while also leaving them vulnerable to trafficking and recruitment into armed groups.
    Maryanne Murray Buechner, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
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trained (with)

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