i Register
In some senses, entrainment is marked as archaic. Watch for register when choosing this word.
entrainment
noun 6
Collocations
3ADJ.
chief, chief, near, together, used
ENTRAINMENT + NOUN
entra, nement
PREP.
through, with
Definitions
noun
1
Enthusiasm, liveliness; impulsiveness.
Carlo Antonio Bertinazzi, he whom the French stage knows under the name of Carlin, was the gayest of all comedians; he knew a thousand ways of amusing his audience, and would make them die with pleasure and laughter by his affecting performance of the Vingt-six infortunes d’ Arlequin; the entrainment of his gaiety and bonhomie were everywhere extolled.
A philosopher, through indolence and carelessness before the Revolution, superstitious afterwards, through weakness and entrainment [translating entraînement], he threatened the Revolution with his sword from a distance.
2
Any of several processes in which a solid or liquid is put into motion by a fluid.
3
Any of several processes in which a solid or liquid is put into motion by a fluid.
4
Any of several processes in which a solid or liquid is put into motion by a fluid.
5
Any of several processes in which a solid or liquid is put into motion by a fluid.
noun
1
The act of someone or something boarding or being put aboard a train.
An experienced officer will be placed in charge at each station which is to be used for the entrainment of volunteers near Windsor and at the Waterloo and Paddington Termini in London.
The experimental line at Chatham is invaluable in practising entrainments, so that the work shall be performed in the shortest possible time.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
601
Carlo Antonio Bertinazzi, he whom the French stage knows under the name of Carlin, was the gayest of all comedians; he knew a thousand ways of amusing his audience, and would make them die with pleasu
Wiktionary02
A philosopher, through indolence and carelessness before the Revolution, superstitious afterwards, through weakness and entrainment [translating entraînement], he threatened the Revolution with his sw
Wiktionary03
At page 60, and elsewhere, the English general is only spoken of as a mere nobody, carried away resistlessly by the “entrainments” [translating entraînements] around him.
Wiktionary04
An experienced officer will be placed in charge at each station which is to be used for the entrainment of volunteers near Windsor and at the Waterloo and Paddington Termini in London.
Wiktionary05
The experimental line at Chatham is invaluable in practising entrainments, so that the work shall be performed in the shortest possible time.
Wiktionary06
On the day of entrainment the chief of the entrainment point, together with the chief of the deportation train and of the convoying military forces of the People’s Commissariat of Internal Affairs, sh
WiktionaryUsage Notes
Your note
not saved0 chars