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| be·gin·ner [ bi gínnər ] (plural be·gin·ners) |
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somebody who has just started something: somebody who has just started to learn or do something
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beginner, apprentice, greenhorn, novice, tyro
CORE MEANING: a person who has not acquired the necessary experience or skills to do something
beginner somebody who has just started to learn or do something;
 classes for both beginners and advanced students
a course that teaches even complete beginners to skipper their own yachts
apprentice somebody who is being taught the skills of a trade over an agreed period of time by somebody fully trained;
became an apprentice joiner
Local firms wouldn't take him on as an apprentice.
greenhorn somebody who lacks experience and may be naive or gullible;
You greenhorns don't understand the situation here at all.
novice somebody with no previous experience or skill in the activity undertaken;
a political novice with no diplomatic experience
special events for novice horseback riders
tyro somebody who has just started to learn or do something;
sensible guidelines for the desktop publishing tyro |
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