by training

Frequency: 6.811.5 per million words

Used to indicate someone's profession or skills acquired through training.

trainingPREPOSITION (sense: learning skills)

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Examples (10)

  • She's an accountant by training.
  • He is a lawyer by training, but he now works as a full-time novelist.
  • Although she is a chemist by training, she has always had a passion for painting.
  • My father was a master carpenter by training and could build anything from wood.
  • By training, he is a mechanical engineer with years of experience in the field.
  • She is a classical pianist by training, which explains her flawless technique.
  • Even though he's a chef by training, he currently manages a successful tech startup.
  • The company's CEO is actually a historian by training, not a businessman.
  • She is a linguist by training and speaks five different languages fluently.
  • He approached the design flaw like the architect he is by training.