boot camp
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4.2
- noun
- /buːt kæmp/
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curso intensivo
- She enrolled in a local boot camp program to get in shape and learn new workout techniques.
- fitness boot camp
- boot camp workout
- boot camp class
So total boot camp is about, well, it's technically two weeks.
- So total boot camp is about, well, it's technically two weeks.
- How much time has, how much time does it take to show up to boot camp?
- So if you wanna join tech, you don't have to go to a boot camp.
- Today at the release of this video, I'm also launching the Productivity Pro Boot Camp.
- It is a one year boot camp and apprenticeship that helps people launch their careers without college.
- Well, several months later, I'm graduating boot camp and I thought to myself, I can make myself do anything.
- One out of every four Fit Body Boot camp, I'm sorry, not owner.
Examples
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Alabama funded a boot camp for young adult males.
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Little does Hoagie know, I've been teaching a women's self-defense boot camp for six years.
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A friend of mine tried their boot camp and liked it.
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You all know how much I love my boot camp, right?
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I would LOVE to win a free month of boot camp.
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Or how I have committed to another six weeks of fitness boot camp.
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If you want a great workout with results, you may want to consider taking a boot camp-style exercise class.
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Public relations firm Prosek Partners sends employees to a boot camp.
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It is a one year boot camp and apprenticeship that helps people launch their careers without college.
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At least one so-called coding boot camp, the Flatiron School, guarantees students in one program a job within 120 days of graduation.
Academic text (2016)
Synonyms
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3.4
A first period of military training for new soldiers with hard exercise and strict rules
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3.4
To teach people the skills to be soldiers
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3.6
A short training camp for a sports team before the season to practice and improve skills
A short, intensive course that teaches programming skills to prepare people for tech jobs
How Intensive
Surface Forms
Morphology
boot + camp
The element 'camp' gives a clear sense of a temporary gathering place, and 'boot' evokes a military/discipline association, so there is a partial compositional cue. However, the specific sense 'short, intensive training program' (especially extended non-military uses like coding bootcamps) requires cultural or idiomatic knowledge and is not fully predictable from the parts alone, making it partially but not fully transparent to a B1 learner.
Etymology
The civilian use of boot camp comes from the military idea of short, tough training where people work very hard each day. That's why boot camp now means 'a short, intensive training program'.