different between training vs direction

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t?e?n??/
• Rhymes: -e?n??
• Hyphenation: train?ing

Verb

training

1. present participle of train

Noun

training (usually uncountable, plural trainings)

1. Action of the verb to train. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
2. The activity of imparting and acquiring skills.
3. The result of good social upbringing.
4. (computing) The process by which two modems determine which protocol and speed to use; handshaking.
5. (voice recognition) The recording of multiple samples of a user's voice to aid pattern recognition.

Usage notes

• The plural trainings, for more than one training session, is not often used.

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

• atrining

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English training.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?tre?.n??/
• Hyphenation: trai?ning
• Rhymes: -e?n??

Noun

training m (plural trainingen or trainings)

1. training (imparting or acquisition of skills, esp. in exercise and sports, also in chiefly extracurricular education)
2. a training session

Derived terms

• trainingsbroek
• trainingskamp
• trainingspak
• voetbaltraining

Spanish

Noun

training m (plural trainings)

1. training

English

Etymology

From Middle English direccioun, from Old French direccion, from Latin d?r?cti?. Equivalent to direct +? -ion

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /d(a)????k.??n/
• Rhymes: -?k??n

Noun

direction (countable and uncountable, plural directions)

1. A theoretical line (physically or mentally) followed from a point of origin or towards a destination. May be relative (e.g. up, left, outbound, dorsal), geographical (e.g. north), rotational (e.g. clockwise), or with respect to an object or location (e.g. toward Boston).
   • 1900, Charles W. Chesnutt, The House Behind the Cedars, Chapter I,

     Just before Warwick reached Liberty Point, a young woman came down Front Street from the direction of the market-house. When their paths converged, Warwick kept on down Front Street behind her, it having been already his intention to walk in this direction.

2. A general trend for future action.
3. Guidance, instruction.

4. The work of the director in cinema or theater; the skill of directing a film, play etc.

5. (dated) The body of persons who guide or manage a matter; the directorate.
6. (archaic) A person's address.
   • 1796, Matthew Lewis, The Monk, Folio Society 1985, page 218:

     Her aunt Leonella was still at Cordova, and she knew not her direction.

Derived terms

Related terms

• direct

Translations

Anagrams

• cretinoid

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin d?r?cti?, d?r?cti?nem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /di.??k.sj??/

Noun

direction f (plural directions)

1. (spatial) direction
2. (figuratively) direction
3. government
4. (figuratively) the director of the administration/organisation
5. (occasional, figurative) the territory administered by a government

Derived terms

• direction assistée

Related terms

• directeur
• diriger

Descendants

• ? Turkish: direksiyon

Further reading

• “direction” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Interlingua

Noun

direction (plural directiones)

1. direction (orientation, point where one is headed)
2. direction, leadership, control, supervision