different between training vs repetition

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 1

Borrowed from Latin repetitionem (accusative singular of repetitio; cf. French répétition). Doublet of repetitio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??p??t???n/

Noun

repetition (countable and uncountable, plural repetitions)

1. The act or an instance of repeating or being repeated.

   • Carried somehow, somewhither, for some reason, on these surging floods, were these travelers, of errand not wholly obvious to their fellows, yet of such sort as to call into query alike the nature of their errand and their own relations. It is easily earned repetition to state that Josephine St. Auban's was a presence not to be concealed.

2. (weightlifting): The act of performing a single, controlled exercise motion. A group of repetitions is a set.

   Synonym: rep

Synonyms

• (act of repeating): See Thesaurus:repetition
• (instance of repeating): recurrence, reiteration; see also Thesaurus:reoccurrence

Related terms

• repetitious

Translations

See also

• have seen this movie

Etymology 2

re- +? petition

Alternative forms

• re-petition

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??i?p??t???n/

Verb

repetition (third-person singular simple present repetitions, present participle repetitioning, simple past and past participle repetitioned)

1. To petition again.
   • 2011, Anneke Campbell, Thomas Lizney, Be the Change (page 7)

     The group went through several rounds at different courts, petitioning and repetitioning, losing again and again.

Anagrams

• petitioner

Swedish

Etymology

From Latin repet?ti?.

Noun

repetition c

1. repetition; the act of repeating
2. rehearsal

Declension

Derived terms

• generalrepetition

Related terms

• repetera

Further reading

• repetition in Svensk ordbok.