rotc

Thân thiện

A student in an ROTC uniform practices drill commands on a campus field.

Definition

Noun: 1. A training program to prepare college students to be commissioned officers: ROTC is a college-based program for training commissioned officers of the United States Armed Forces.

Usage

• ROTC is used as a proper noun, typically referring to the specific U.S. military officer training programs found at many colleges and universities.
• It is almost always used with the definite article "the" (e.g., , ).
• It functions as a singular noun.

Examples

Advanced Usage

• "ROTC program": A common collocation specifying the training curriculum.
  • She enrolled in the Air Force ROTC program.
• "ROTC cadet": Refers to a student participating in the program.
  • The ROTC cadets marched in the parade.

Variants and Related Words

• Reserve Officers' Training Corps: The full name for ROTC, an initialism.
• JROTC (Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps): A similar program for high school students.

Synonyms

• Officer training program: A more general descriptive term.
• Military commissioning program: A formal term describing the program's purpose.

Notes

• ROTC is an initialism (each letter is pronounced: "R-O-T-C") for Reserve Officers' Training Corps. It is not an acronym pronounced as a word.
• It specifically refers to U.S. programs. Similar programs in other countries have different names.

Học thuật

Noun

1. a training program to prepare college students to be commissioned officers

Từ đồng nghĩa

• Reserve Officers Training Corps
• ROTC