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A quick, intense course of learning, especially one which is informal or hurried.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic
Examples
- He got a crash course in babysitting when his sister dropped off his nephew for the afternoon.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
a rapid and intense course of training or research (usually undertaken in an emergency)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- he took a crash course in Italian on his way to Italy
- his first job was a crash course in survival and in learning how to get along with people
- a crash programme is needed to create new jobs
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: crash program, crash programme
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: course of study, program, programme, curriculum, syllabus
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
29 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
حَلَقَة دِرَاسِيَّة مُكَثِّفَة
(ḥalaqa dirāsiyya mukaṯṯifa)
— quick, intense course
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Catalan:
curs intensiu
— quick, intense course
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Chinese Mandarin:
速成班
(sùchéngbān)
— quick, intense course
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Danish:
lynkursus
— quick, intense course
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Dutch:
crashcourse
— quick, intense course
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Dutch:
snelcursus
— quick, intense course
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Dutch:
stoomcursus
— quick, intense course
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Finnish:
pikakurssi
— quick, intense course
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French:
cours intensif
— quick, intense course
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French:
formation courte
— quick, intense course
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French:
formation accélérée
— quick, intense course
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German:
Schnellkurs
— quick, intense course
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German:
Intensivkurs
— quick, intense course
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German:
Crashkurs
— quick, intense course
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Hungarian:
gyorstalpaló
— quick, intense course
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Italian:
corso accelerato
— quick, intense course
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Japanese:
短期集中コース
(tanki shūchū kōsu)
— quick, intense course
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Korean:
속성반
(sokseongban)
— quick, intense course
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Korean:
단기집중코스
(dan'gi jipjung koseu)
— quick, intense course
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Norwegian:
lynkurs
— quick, intense course
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Polish:
kurs na zderzenie
— quick, intense course
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Polish:
kurs błyskawiczny
— quick, intense course
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Russian:
уско́ренный курс
(uskórennyj kurs)
— quick, intense course
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Russian:
интенси́вный курс
(intensívnyj kurs)
— quick, intense course
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Spanish:
curso intensivo
— quick, intense course
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Spanish:
curso acelerado
— quick, intense course
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Swedish:
intensivkurs
— quick, intense course
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Swedish:
snabbkurs
— quick, intense course
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Turkish:
hızlandırılmış kurs
— quick, intense course
