course of training

  • 1course — [kɔːs ǁ kɔːrs] noun [countable] especially BrE a series of classes or studies in a particular subject: • a one year journalism course correˈspondence ˌcourse a course in which the student works at home and sends completed work to their teacher by …

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  • 2training course — UK US noun [C] ► a series of lessons to teach the skills and knowledge for a particular job or activity: »She had almost no computer knowledge, so she signed up for a training course. go on/attend/do a training course »Senior managers seem to… …

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  • 3training — train‧ing [ˈtreɪnɪŋ] noun HUMAN RESOURCES [singular, uncountable] the process of training someone or of being trained: • 30 workers are being sent to Japan for training. • 90% of the graduates were offered on the job training (= training while… …

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  • 4Training Air Wing, Finnish Air Force — Training Air Wing The Training Air Wing s flag with its pole Active since 1918 Country …

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  • 5training, sociology of — Training implies preparation for a specific task or role by ordered instruction. Academic sociologists often contrast training with education. Sociologically, however, training should be conceptually opposed to schooling, leaving discussion of… …

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  • 6Training (civil) — Training or entrance training refers to coastal structures built to constrain a river discharging across a littoral coast so that it discharges only where desired. Untrained entrances on sandy coasts tend to move widely and violently to discharge …

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  • 7Training Center Petaluma — Entrance sign in 2008 Training Center Petaluma is a Coast Guard training facility in the northern California counties of Sonoma and Marin. Approximately 4,000 students train there each year[1]. It was formerly the …

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  • 8Training Within Industry — The Training Within Industry (TWI) service was created by the United States Department of War, running from 1940 to 1945 within the War Manpower Commission. The purpose was to provide consulting services to war related industries whose personnel… …

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  • 9course — I n. organized program of study 1) to conduct, give, offer, teach a course 2) to take a course 3) to audit, sit in on a course 4) to enroll for, register for, sign up for a course 5) to fail; pass a course; to take a course pass fail (AE) 6) to… …

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  • 10training — train|ing W1S3 [ˈtreınıŋ] n 1.) [singular, U] the process of teaching or being taught the skills for a particular job or activity →↑train training in ▪ On the course we received training in every aspect of the job. ▪ Police drivers have to… …

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