Novice - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈnɑːvɪs|  American pronunciation of the word novice
Brit.  |ˈnɒvɪs|  British pronunciation of the word novice

noun

- someone who has entered a religious order but has not taken final vows (syn: novitiate)
- someone new to a field or activity (syn: beginner, initiate, tiro, tyro)

Extra examples

He's a novice in cooking.

The computer course is ideal for novices.

I'm still a complete novice at the sport.

This trail is not recommended for novice bikers.

Hiring a novice was a bold move.

...the steep acclivity was especially daunting for the novice hikers...

For the novice, walking the course also means being scared senseless by all the possibilities to screw up.

Yet it's obvious to him and everyone else who the novice is here, the book-learned tournament virgin.

It was an easy task for an expert, while it was dangerous for a novice.

Novice programmers sometimes make fundamental errors.

Word forms

noun
singular: novice
plural: novices
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