train
noun (SERIES) /treɪn/Definition
train of thought/events C2 a series of connected thoughts or events: What amazing train of thought led you from Napoleon to global warming? The book describes the train of events that led up to the assassination.Order and sequenceSimultaneous and consecutive › [C] a line of animals, people, or things moving along together: a wagon train a mule/camel trainThings collected in lines or rings
(Definition of train noun (SERIES) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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