the action of teaching a person or animal a particular skill or type of behaviour:in-service training for staff
the action of undertaking a course of exercise and diet in preparation for a sporting event:you’ll have to go into strict training
Phrases
in (or out of) training
undergoing (or no longer undergoing) physical training for a sporting event:they are in training for the big game
physically fit (or unfit) as a result of the amount of training one has undertaken:he is out of training after a knee operationwe’re completely out of training
training in other Oxford dictionaries
Definition of training in the US English dictionary