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Definition 2024
boot_camp
boot camp
See also: bootcamp
English
Noun
boot camp (plural boot camps)
- (chiefly Canada, US, colloquial) 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).
- (chiefly Canada, US) A short, intensive, quasi-military program generally aimed at young offenders as an alternative to a jail term.
- (chiefly Canada, US, idiomatic) Any short, intensive course of training.
- We will institute a boot camp for training the sales force in these new products.
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Translations
initial, basic indoctrination, physical fitness training and basic instruction in armed forces
a short, intensive, quasi-military program generally aimed at young offenders as an alternative to a jail term
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any short, intensive course of training
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