Beginner
[bɪ'gɪnə] or [bɪ'gɪnɚ]
Definition
(n.) One who begins or originates anything. Specifically: A young or inexperienced practitioner or student; a tyro.
Typist: Rudy
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Tyro, novice.
Typist: Trevor
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Tyro, novice, neophyte, learner, pupil
ANT:Adept, expert, master, authority
Editor: William
Examples
- Not so bad for a beginner, eh? Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- I shall come on purpose to encourage a young beginner. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- Compare the behavior of a beginner in riding a bicycle with that of the expert. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- In the second place, the method of organization of the material of achieved scholarship differs from that of the beginner. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Lydgate has been living at a great rate for a young beginner, said Mr. Harry Toller, the brewer. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- It enters directly into the activities of the expert and the educator, not into that of the beginner, the learner. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Pretty well, I think, for a beginner,' remarked Mr. Bolter complacently. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- It was good practice, he said, and when the beginners improved, anyone would pay. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- There is always a tradition, or schools of art, definite enough to impress beginners, and often to take them captive. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- There is a power that arranges that, they say, for beginners. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
Typed by Chloe