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train⋅a⋅ble

  [trey-nuh-buhl]
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–adjective
1. capable of being trained.
2. Education. of or pertaining to moderately retarded individuals who may achieve some self-sufficiency, as in personal care.
Origin:
1540–50; train + -able

Related forms:
train⋅a⋅bil⋅i⋅ty, noun
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train   (trān)   
n.  

  1. A series of connected railroad cars pulled or pushed by one or more locomotives.

  2. A long line of moving people, animals, or vehicles.

  3. The personnel, vehicles, and equipment following and providing supplies and services to a combat unit.

  4. A part of a gown that trails behind the wearer.

  5. A staff of people following in attendance; a retinue.

    1. An orderly succession of related events or thoughts; a sequence. See Synonyms at series.

    2. A series of consequences wrought by an event; aftermath.

  7. A set of linked mechanical parts: a train of gears.

  8. A string of gunpowder that acts as a fuse for exploding a charge.

v.   trained, train·ing, trains

v.   tr.

  1. To coach in or accustom to a mode of behavior or performance.

  2. To make proficient with specialized instruction and practice. See Synonyms at teach.

  3. To prepare physically, as with a regimen: train athletes for track-and-field competition.

  4. To cause (a plant or one's hair) to take a desired course or shape, as by manipulating.

  5. To focus on or aim at (a goal, mark, or target); direct. See Synonyms at aim.

  6. To let drag behind; trail.

v.   intr.

  1. To give or undergo a course of training: trained daily for the marathon.

  2. To travel by railroad train.


[Middle English, trailing part of a gown, from Old French, from trainer, to drag, from Vulgar Latin *tragīnāre, from *tragere, to pull, back-formation from tractus, past participle of Latin trahere.]
train'a·bil'i·ty n., train'a·ble adj.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: train·able
Pronunciation: 'trA-n&-b&l
Function: adjective
: affected with moderate mental retardation and capable of being trainedin self-care and in simple social and work skills in a sheltered environment —compare EDUCABLE
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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