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TRAYN-uh/ˈtreɪnə/

A trainer is a sports shoe in UK English (usually trainers in the plural). It is also a person who trains people or animals. Plimsolls are thinner school PE shoes; school shoes are formal. Uniform: trainers are PE only; black school shoes are still required in lessons.

Meaning

A sports shoe (UK; usually trainers); also a person who trains people or animals.

Examples

• “Trainers are PE only; black school shoes are still required in lessons.”
• “A football trainer in the academy is the coach sense, not the shoe.”

Good to know

a trainer; a pair of trainers (UK shoes). US: sneakers. Person: a trainer / a coach. Uniform / PE. Mix-up: training is the activity, uncountable.

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