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The standard training regimen for introducing new recruits to a military organization's discipline and basic operational skills.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: government, military, politics, war
Examples
- Near-synonym: boot camp
- Next thing I know, they were drafting me and sending me off to Fort Sill for basic training. Talk about whiplash.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: boot camp
Antonyms: none provided
A more or less analogous (albeit nonmartial) experience in the civilian world.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly, figuratively, often, uncountable
Examples
- There's no such thing as formal apprenticeship in this industry. The only preparation you get is some basic training where you sink or swim while trying to look alive.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
the initial period of training for new military personnel; involves intense physical activity and behavioral discipline
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: military training
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
16 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Chinese Mandarin:
訓練營地 /训练营地
(xùnliàn yíngdì)
— standard training regime for introducing new recruits
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Chinese Mandarin:
新兵訓練營 /新兵训练营
(xīnbīng xùnliàn yíng)
— standard training regime for introducing new recruits
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Dutch:
basistraining
— standard training regime for introducing new recruits
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Finnish:
alokasjakso
— standard training regime for introducing new recruits
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Finnish:
peruskoulutus
— standard training regime for introducing new recruits
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Finnish:
peruskoulutuskausi
— standard training regime for introducing new recruits
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Finnish:
P-kausi
— standard training regime for introducing new recruits
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Finnish:
alokaskausi
— standard training regime for introducing new recruits
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Finnish:
A-kausi
— standard training regime for introducing new recruits
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French:
classes
— standard training regime for introducing new recruits
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German:
Grundausbildung
— standard training regime for introducing new recruits
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Hebrew:
טירונות
(tironut)
— standard training regime for introducing new recruits
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Hungarian:
kiképzőtábor
— standard training regime for introducing new recruits
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Japanese:
新兵訓練所
(shinpei kunrenjo)
— standard training regime for introducing new recruits
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Russian:
уче́бный ла́герь
(učébnyj lágerʹ)
— standard training regime for introducing new recruits
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Russian:
курс молодо́го бойца́
(kurs molodóvo bojcá)
— standard training regime for introducing new recruits
