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Meanings of freshman in English

Portuguese
iniciante
Catalan
nouvingut
Spanish
newbie

Any new participant in some activity.

iniciante
Portuguese
bixo
Catalan
nou
Spanish
novato

A first-year undergraduate.

bixo
Spanish
freshman

First year student in many English-speaking countries.

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freshman

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 "first-year"
Examples for "first-year"
1
Thirty four points later, the first-year Houston coach was feeling much better.
Reuters
2
Teaching Matters: Imagine enrolling a first-year student aged 13 in your school.
The Irish Times
3
But come home she must, having flunked her first-year exams at university.
The Irish Times
4
Saturday was another step in the right direction for the first-year guard.
Reuters
5
Tennessee started three seniors and had 15 first-year players among its two-deep.
Reuters
Usage of freshman in English
1
I left high school after my freshman year a few years back.
Wired
2
N.C. State answered with freshman wide receiver Nyheim Hines' 100-yard kickoff return.
Reuters
3
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...
4
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
6
My freshman year, when everyone was concentrated on school, I was working.
Ebony
7
I've been basically the same size since freshman year of high school.
Rock and Ice Magazine
8
Since her freshman year, by her count, she has converted 235 people.
The Unlikely Disciple: A Sinner's Semester at America's Holiest ...
9
Then I did nothing with electronics until freshman year in high school.
Wired
10
Cassandra started her freshman year at the University of Virginia in 2002.
Ebony
11
Earlier this week, Florida announced redshirt freshman forward Chase Johnson was transferring.
Reuters
12
That cad of a freshman has succeeded in getting in here again.
Frank Merriwell at Yale; Or, Freshman Against Freshman
13
Valentine then assisted on a layup by freshman power forward Deyonta Davis.
Reuters
14
No longer cloistered among freshman, he found it harder to be noticed.
Climbing Magazine
15
Fellow freshman reserve forward Killian Tillie had eight points and 10 rebounds.
Reuters
16
NOTES: Crimson Tide freshman DL Daron Payne made his first career start.
Reuters
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Freshman through the time
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United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Less common