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basic training Meaning & Definition

Phonetic codes: B EY1 S IH0 K T R EY0 N IH0 NG

What Does Basic Training Mean?

Basic Training is used as a noun meaning The standard training regimen for introducing new recruits to a military organization's discipline and basic operational skills. It can also mean A more or less analogous (albeit nonmartial) experience in the civilian world.

Basic Training Definition (Noun)

  1. The standard training regimen for introducing new recruits to a military organization's discipline and basic operational skills.

    Next thing I know, they were drafting me and sending me off to Fort Sill for basic training. Talk about whiplash.

  2. A more or less analogous (albeit nonmartial) experience in the civilian world.

    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.

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Antonyms of Basic Training

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Basic Training in a Sentence

Next thing I know, they were drafting me and sending me off to Fort Sill for basic training. Talk about whiplash.

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.

Word Forms & Grammar

basic training (uncountable)

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