basic training
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3.4
- noun
- /ˈbeɪsɪk ˈtreɪnɪŋ/
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instrucción básica
- Every new recruit must undergo basic training to learn essential military skills and discipline.
- completed basic training
- soldiers in basic training
- receive their basic training
And so and basic training, I did my basic training in Fort Knox, KY.
- And so and basic training, I did my basic training in Fort Knox, KY.
- If a guy enlists or you draft a guy, send them to six weeks basic training, create a basic training school course for these guys.
- I, I basically smoked up my, my whole pack in part because you knew that once you got to basic training, they weren't going to let you smoke.
- And so from the, so the, the, the experienced contractor folks who have some sort of experience, they've been through a basic training or a boot camp, right?
- And then you go to basic training as an infantryman.
- I'm like, OK, so then I'm at basic training.
Examples
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Sully and Green leave for basic training in a week.
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A recruit still has to make it through basic training to get to his or her unit.
Academic text (2015) -
And what to me is so funny is that you had to go through basic training before you could be in the military band.
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OK, The basic training program takes five days.
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What you think you know about basic training does not apply.
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We went through basic training together.
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Did you fire the weapon in basic training?
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New women recruits go through three months of basic training like their male counterparts.
Academic text (1993) -
In November, he will begin basic training at Ft. Benning in Georgia, the news outlet reports.
Blog text (7) -
But in most cases, after three months of hard basic training, life in the garrison becomes routinized and boring.
Academic text (1993)
Synonyms
27
4.1
A camp where new soldiers get intense basic training
Antonyms
How Advanced
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'initial/elementary period of training' is directly and transparently derived from 'basic' (fundamental, essential) + 'training' (organized instruction), so a B1 learner who knows both words can infer the overall sense. The specific military association (boot camp) is a pragmatic narrowing but does not affect compositional transparency; similar compounds exist cross-linguistically, supporting immediate comprehensibility.
Etymology
Basic training comes from the idea of learning the simple, most important skills first: basic means the simple 'foundation' and training is the practice to build it. So, basic training is the first, often tough period where new soldiers build the skills they need.