trained

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

Adjective

  1. Having undergone a course of training (sometimes in combination).
    • fully trained troops
    • 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...
  2. Manipulated in shape or habit.
    • trained fruit trees

Origin

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰregʰ-der.? Latin trahere Vulgar Latin *tragīnāre Old French traïnerder. Old French trainder. Middle English trayne English train English -ed English trained From train + -ed.

Forms

more trained most trained

Antonyms

untrained

Derived

foretrained house-trained law-trained nontrained potty-trained pseudotrained semitrained toilet-trained undertrained

Verb

  1. simple past and past participle of train