Meanings
- uncountablegovernmentThe standard training regimen for introducing new recruits to a military organization's discipline and basic operational skills.
Near-synonym: boot camp
1 more example
Next thing I know, they were drafting me and sending me off to Fort Sill for basic training. Talk about whiplash.
Synonyms: boot camp
- broadlyfigurativelyoftenuncountableA 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.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe standard training regimen for introducing new recruits to a military organization's discipline and basic operational skills.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 訓練營地 /训练营地, 新兵訓練營 /新兵训练营
- 訓練營地 /训练营地 (xùnliàn yíngdì)standard training regime for introducing new recruits
- 新兵訓練營 /新兵训练营 (xīnbīng xùnliàn yíng)standard training regime for introducing new recruits
Dutch basistraining
- basistrainingstandard training regime for introducing new recruits
Finnish alokasjakso, peruskoulutus
- alokasjaksostandard training regime for introducing new recruits
- peruskoulutusstandard training regime for introducing new recruits
- peruskoulutuskausistandard training regime for introducing new recruits
- P-kausistandard training regime for introducing new recruits
- alokaskausistandard training regime for introducing new recruits
- A-kausistandard training regime for introducing new recruits
French classes
- classesstandard training regime for introducing new recruits
German Grundausbildung
- Grundausbildungstandard training regime for introducing new recruits
Hebrew טירונות
- טירונות (tironut)standard training regime for introducing new recruits
Hungarian kiképzőtábor
- kiképzőtáborstandard training regime for introducing new recruits
Japanese 新兵訓練所
- 新兵訓練所 (shinpei kunrenjo)standard training regime for introducing new recruits
Russian уче́бный ла́герь, курс молодо́го бойца́
- уче́бный ла́герь (učébnyj lágerʹ)standard training regime for introducing new recruits
- курс молодо́го бойца́ (kurs molodóvo bojcá)standard training regime for introducing new recruits
Cite this entry
basic training. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/basic%20training
“basic training.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/basic%20training. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “basic training,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/basic%20training.
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