crash course
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Definition
- Noun:
- A rapid and intense course of training or research: A "crash course" is a short, intensive educational program designed to teach the basics or essentials of a subject in a very condensed period of time, often out of necessity or urgency.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- He took a crash course in Italian on his way to Italy.
- His first job was a crash course in survival and in learning how to get along with people.
- I need a crash course in using this new software before the meeting tomorrow.
Advanced Usage
- "To give someone a crash course in something": To provide someone with a very quick and basic introduction or training in a subject.
- Can you give me a crash course in how this machine works?
- "To be a crash course in [a life experience]": Used metaphorically to describe a situation that forces someone to learn a lot about something very quickly through direct, often challenging, experience.
- Moving to a new country alone was a crash course in independence.
Variants and Related Words
- Crash program / Crash programme (Noun): An intensive and urgent plan of action, similar in concept to a crash course but applied to projects or initiatives.
- The government launched a crash programme to build new hospitals.
Synonyms
- Intensive course: A course taught in a short, concentrated period.
- Accelerated program: A program designed to cover material faster than usual.
- Boot camp: An intensive training course, often with a rigorous or militaristic style (common in contexts like fitness or coding).
Related Phrases
- "Baptism by fire": An idiom meaning a difficult introduction to a new job or situation, similar to the metaphorical use of "crash course" for life experiences.
- His first day managing the chaotic kitchen was a real baptism by fire.
Noun
- a rapid and intense course of training or research (usually undertaken in an emergency)
- he took a crash course in Italian on his way to Italy
- his first job was a crash course in survival and in learning how to get along with people
- a crash programme is needed to create new jobs