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practice:She was taking all three of her daughters to basketball practice every day.

schooling:He had little formal schooling.

grounding:The degree provides a thorough grounding in both mathematics and statistics.

trai n|ing camp (training camps ) N‑COUNT A training camp for soldiers or sports players is an organized period of training at a particular place.

trai n|ing shoe (training shoes ) N‑COUNT [usu pl] Training shoes are the same as trainers .

train|spotter /tre I nspɒtə ^r / (trainspotters ) also train spotter , train-spotter N‑COUNT A trainspotter is someone who is very interested in trains and spends time going to stations and recording the numbers of the trains that they see. [BRIT ]

train|spot|ting /tre I nspɒt I ŋ/ also train spotting , train-spotting N‑UNCOUNT Trainspotting is the hobby of going to railway stations and recording the numbers of the trains that you see. [BRIT ]

traipse /tre I ps/ (traipses , traipsing , traipsed )

1 VERB If you traipse somewhere, you go there unwillingly, often because you are tired or unhappy. □ [V prep/adv] If traipsing around shops does not appeal to you, perhaps using a catalogue will.

2 VERB If you talk about people traipsing somewhere, you mean that they are going there or moving about there in a way that annoys someone or gets in their way. [DISAPPROVAL ] □ [V prep/adv] You will have to get used to a lot of people traipsing in and out of your home.

trait /tre I t, tre I / (traits ) N‑COUNT A trait is a particular characteristic, quality, or tendency that someone or something has. □  Many of our personality traits are developed during those early months.

trai|tor /tre I tə ^r / (traitors )

1 N‑COUNT If you call someone a traitor , you mean that they have betrayed beliefs that they used to hold, or that their friends hold, by their words or actions. [DISAPPROVAL ] □ [+ to ] Some say he's a traitor to the working class.

2 N‑COUNT If someone is a traitor , they betray their country or a group of which they are a member by helping its enemies, especially during time of war. □  …rumours that there were traitors among us who were sending messages to the enemy.

trai|tor|ous /tre I tərəs/ ADJ A traitorous action will betray or bring danger to a country or to the group of people that someone belongs to. □  …the monstrous betrayal of men by their most traitorous companions. □  …the movement could be labeled as divisive, even traitorous.

tra|jec|tory /trədʒe ktəri/ (trajectories )

1 N‑COUNT The trajectory of a moving object is the path that it follows as it moves. □ [+ of ] …the trajectory of an artillery shell.

2 N‑COUNT The trajectory of something such as a person's career is the course that it follows over time. □  …a relentlessly upward career trajectory.

tram /træ m/ (trams ) N‑COUNT [oft by N ] A tram is a public transport vehicle, usually powered by electricity from wires above it, which travels along rails laid in the surface of a street. [mainly BRIT ] in AM, usually use streetcar

tram|line /træ mla I n/ (tramlines ) N‑COUNT A tramline is one of the rails laid in the surface of a road that trams travel along. [BRIT ] in AM, use streetcar line

tramp /træ mp/ (tramps , tramping , tramped )

1 N‑COUNT A tramp is a person who has no home or job, and very little money. Tramps go from place to place, and get food or money by asking people or by doing casual work.

2 VERB If you tramp somewhere, you walk there slowly and with regular, heavy steps, for a long time. □ [V prep/adv] They put on their coats and tramped through the falling snow. □ [V n] She spent all day yesterday tramping the streets, gathering evidence.