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basic training

basic training noun: the standard training regimen for introducing new recruits to a military organization's discipline and basic operational skills.

Noun

basic training (uncountable)

  1. The standard training regimen for introducing new recruits to a military organization's discipline and basic operational skills.
    • 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.
    Synonyms:
    boot camp
  2. (broadly, figuratively, often) 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.

basic training meaning in Tamil

basic training in Tamil

அடிப்படைப் பயிற்சி

Synonyms of basic training

Questions about basic training

What does basic training mean?
Basic training means the standard training regimen for introducing new recruits to a military organization's discipline and basic operational skills.
What is basic training in Tamil?
Basic training in Tamil is அடிப்படைப் பயிற்சி. See Basic training meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is basic training?
Basic training is a noun.

Words near basic training in the dictionary

  1. basic research
  2. basic science
  3. basic strategy
  4. basic timing
  5. basic timings
  6. basic training
  7. basic utility vehicle
  8. basic utility vehicles
  9. basical
  10. basically
  11. basicapsular

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