beginner

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Scrabble points
11
Words With Friends
15
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/bɪˈɡɪnə/
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/bɪˈɡɪnə/ · /bəˈɡɪnɚ/ (US)

Definition of beginner

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. Someone who is just starting at something, or has only recently started.
    “I'm new to learning Finnish: I'm just a beginner.”
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noun

  1. Someone who is just starting at something, or has only recently started.
    “I'm new to learning Finnish: I'm just a beginner.”
  2. Someone who sets something in motion.
    “The beginner of the games lit the ceremonial torch.”
  3. An actor who is present on stage in the first moments of a play.
    “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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Etymology

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”).

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