beginner

CEFRA1

/bɪˈɡɪnə/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    someone new to a field or activity.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    An actor who is present on stage in the first moments of a play.

Examples

  • Beside you, I'm only a beginner at this game.

  • Tom's a beginner, but he catches on fast.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
4
Parts of speech
1
Citations
1
Synonyms
5

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. Someone who sets something in motion.

  2. Someone who is just starting at something, or has only recently started.

More examples

In context

  • I'm new to learning Finnish: I'm just a beginner.

  • The beginner of the games lit the ceremonial torch.

  • On the stage, the beginners for the first piece had taken their places — the chorus were there, scared but determined, and in the wings waited Harlequin, in the person of Charles Lyall […]

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Quick test

Two questions on this entry. Nothing is scored.

Question 1 · Quick check

In the cooking class, the teacher gave extra help to every blank who had never used a knife before.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

noun

From 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”).