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train

 
/treɪn/ n [C] (SERIES)

Definition

a line of animals, people, or things moving along together, or a series of connected thoughts or events: a mule/wagon train Now I’ve lost my train of thought and forgot what I was going to say.
(Definition of train n (SERIES) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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