"basic training" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} basic training (uncountable)
  1. (military) The standard training regimen for introducing new recruits to a military organization's discipline and basic operational skills. Tags: uncountable Synonyms: boot camp Related terms: basic education Translations (standard training regime for introducing new recruits): 訓練營地 /训练营地 (xùnliàn yíngdì) (Chinese Mandarin), 新兵訓練營 /新兵训练营 (xīnbīng xùnliàn yíng) (Chinese Mandarin), basistraining [feminine] (Dutch), alokasjakso (note: in the Finnish military, since 2020) (Finnish), peruskoulutus (Finnish), peruskoulutuskausi (Finnish), P-kausi (Finnish), alokaskausi (Finnish), A-kausi (Finnish), classes [feminine, plural] (French), Grundausbildung [feminine] (German), טירונות (tironut) [feminine] (Hebrew), kiképzőtábor (Hungarian), 新兵訓練所 (shinpei kunrenjo) (Japanese), уче́бный ла́герь (učébnyj lágerʹ) [masculine] (Russian), курс молодо́го бойца́ (kurs molodóvo bojcá) [masculine] (Russian)
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  2. (by extension, often figurative) A more or less analogous (albeit nonmartial) experience in the civilian world. Tags: broadly, figuratively, often, uncountable
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