Oxford Basic American Dictionary

►train • er / ' treinar / noun [ count ]

a person who teaches people or animals to do something

train • ee / trei 'ni / noun [ count ]

( BUSINESS ) a person who is learning how to do a job The company hired him as a management trainee.

train . ing Ф / ъ-етщ / noun [ noncount ]

the process of getting ready for a sport or job She is in training for the Olympic Games.

trai • tor / ' treitar / noun [ count ]

a person who harms their own country or group in order to help another country or group

tramp / tramp / noun [ count ] a person with no home or job, who goes from place to place

tram • ple / ' trampl / verb ( tram - ples , tram - pling , tram - pled )

to walk on something and damage it with your feet Don't trample on the flowers!

tram • po • line / |trampa 'lin / noun [ count ]

a piece of equipment for jumping up and down on

trance / trans / noun [ count ]

a mental state in which you do not notice what is happening around you

He was staring straight ahead, lost in a trance .

tran • qui • li • Zer / ' trregkwalaizar / noun [ count ]

( HEALTH ) a drug that is used to make you feel calm or help you to sleep

trans • fer 1 aw Ц / ' transfar ; trans ' far / verb ( trans fers , trans fer - ring , trans - ferred )

to move someone or something to a different place I want to transfer $500 to my savings account.

trans • fer2aw / ' trrensfsr /

[ count, noncount ] moving or being moved to a different place or situation

a transfer of funds

[ count ] a ticket that allows you to change from one bus or train to another without paying more money

trans • formaw / trrens ' form /

( trans - forms , trans - form - ing , trans - formed )

to change a person or thing completely

The Internet has transformed people's lives.

►trans • for • ma • tion AWL / trrensfsr ' meijn / noun

[ count, noncount ]

The city's transformation has been amazing.

tran • sis • tor / trren zistsr / noun [ count ]

a small electronic part inside something such as a radio, a television, or a computer

tran • si • tion AWL| / trren' zifn / noun

[ count, noncount ]

a change from one state or form to another the transition from childhood to adolescence

tran • si • tive / ' trrensstiv / adjective

In the sentence transitive verb.

( ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS ) A transitive verb has an object

Keith opened the door," "opened" is a

—ANTONYM intransitive

trans .late © / trrenzleit ; trrens leit / verb ( trans - lates , trans - lat - ing , trans - lat - ed )

to change what someone has said or written in one

language to another language

Can you translate this letter into English for me?

►trans • la • tion / trrens ' lei/n ; trrenz' leijn / noun

[ count, noncount ]

a translation from English into French

I've only read his books in translation .

► trans • la • tor / ' trrensleitsr ; ' trrenzleitsr / noun

[count]

She works as a translator.

trans • mit aw П / trrens ' mit ; trrenz' mit / verb ( trans - mits , trans - mit ting , trans - mit ted )

to send out television or radio signals The concert was transmitted live all over the world. ►trans • mit • ter / trrens ' mitsr ; trrenz ' mitsr / noun [count]

a piece of equipment that sends out television or radio signals

trans .par .ent © / trrens prersnt / adjective

If something is transparent , you can see through it Glass is transparent.

—ANTONYM opaque

trans • plant / ' trrensplrent / noun [ count ]

( HEALTH ) a medical operation where a body part is taken

from one person and put into another person