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/treɪn/ noun

Translation

[C] a long, thin vehicle which travels along metal tracks and carries people or goods
tren
a train journey We could go by train. You'll have to catch/get the next train.1677
train of thought/events a series of connected thoughts, ideas, or events which come or happen one after the other
düşünce zinciri
I was interrupted and lost my train of thought.1888
(Definition of train noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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