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Meanings of first-year in English

Used of a person in the first year of an experience (especially in United States high school or college)

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Examples for "freshman"
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I left high school after my freshman year a few years back.
Wired
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N.C. State answered with freshman wide receiver Nyheim Hines' 100-yard kickoff return.
Reuters
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The summer after his freshman year at Leland, he needed a job.
The warmth of other suns: the epic story of america's great migr...
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I was hoping you'd want to room with me after freshman year.
Secret of the seventh son
5
Ohio State freshman G JaQuan Lyle leads the team with 23 assists.
Reuters
Usage of first-year in English
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Thirty four points later, the first-year Houston coach was feeling much better.
Reuters
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Teaching Matters: Imagine enrolling a first-year student aged 13 in your school.
The Irish Times
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But come home she must, having flunked her first-year exams at university.
The Irish Times
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Saturday was another step in the right direction for the first-year guard.
Reuters
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Tennessee started three seniors and had 15 first-year players among its two-deep.
Reuters
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Eleanor, 20, a first-year English and history student, has signed their petition.
The Guardian
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No one expected a first-year engineering student to build the perfect bridge.
One for the money
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Registries were grouped into three exposure categories according to first-year exposure estimates.
Pubmed
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I am finishing my first-year of a two-year Accounting Technicians Ireland apprenticeship.
The Irish Times
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In other words, they behaved like first-year college students the world over.
The new yorker
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Three first-year players have also been recognised with selection in the team.
News.com.au
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I was lost and alone, like nearly all the other first-year students.
The Irish Times
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The Cardinals made very few missteps under first-year head coach Scott Satterfield.
Reuters
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There are usually some 25 first-year places available on the four-and-a-half year course.
The Irish Times
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Lions' first-year forward Keidean Coleman was brought in for suspended forward Lincoln McCarthy.
News.com.au
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A first-year teacher, she still believed that she thought all children were good.
Carrie