beginner
Someone who is just starting at something, or has only recently startedSomeone who is just starting at something, or has only recently started.
» Tom doesn't look like a beginner.
Том не похож на начинающего.
Том не похож на новичка.
Том не схожий на новачка.
Том не схожий на аматора.
Том не схожий на початківця.
Meaning
3 sensesSomeone who is just starting at something, or has only recently started.
I'm new to learning Finnish: I'm just a beginner.
Anfänger, Anfängerin, Neuling
дебюта́нтdebjutánt, дебюта́нткаdebjutántka, начина́ющийnačinájuščij
початкі́вецьpočatkívecʹ, новачо́кnovačók, нова́кnovák
Someone who sets something in motion.
The beginner of the games lit the ceremonial torch.
An actor who is present on stage in the first moments of a play.
- a person who founds or establishes some institution
- someone new to a field or activity
Examples
214 sentencesTom doesn't look like a beginner.
Том не схожий на новачка.
ruТом не похож на начинающего.
Tom is a beginner, isn't he?
Том початківець, правда?
deTom ist noch Anfänger, nicht wahr?
I know Tom isn't a beginner.
Я знаю, що Том не початківець.
I know Tom is a beginner.
Я знаю, що Том — початківець.
I know that Tom isn't a beginner.
Я знаю, що Том не початківець.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English begynner, equivalent to begin + -er. Cognate with West Frisian begjinnFrom Middle English begynner, equivalent to begin + -er. Cognate with West Frisian begjinner (“beginner”), Dutch beginner (“beginner”), Low German begünner (“beginner”), Danish nybegynder (“beginner, novice”, literally “new-beginner”).
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Forms
plural: beginnersSynonyms
53 synonymsAntonyms
16 antonymsWord family
10 related wordsCollocations
8 patterns- a beginner but
- is a beginner
- like a beginner
- still a beginner
- just a beginner
- beginner but
- only a beginner
- for a beginner