Meaning

3 senses

  1. (Canada, US, colloquial)An initial, basic indoctrination, physical fitness training and basic instruction in service-related subjects for new recruits in the armed forces (army, Air Force, navy and Marine Corps).

  2. (Canada, US)A short, intensive, quasi-military program generally aimed at young offenders as an alternative to a jail term.

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  3. (Canada, US, idiomatic)Any short, often intensive course of training.

    We will institute a boot camp for training the sales force in these new products.

    уче́бный курсučébnyj kurs, интенси́вный курсintɛnsívnyj kurs

More definitions
  • camp for training military recruits

Examples

3 sentences

  1. How was boot camp?

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  2. Sami is going to boot camp.

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  3. Sami was sent to a boot camp for young offenders.

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Translations

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By meaning 2
a short, intensive, quasi-military program generally aimed at young offenders as an alternative to a jail term:
any short, intensive course of training:

Origin

From boot (“US military slang sense of “new recruit””) + camp.

From boot (“US military slang sense of “new recruit””) + camp.

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Forms

plural: boot camps
Singularboot camp
Pluralboot camps

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
basic training

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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