newcomer

[US]/'njuːkʌmə/
[UK]/'nukʌmɚ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. a person who has recently arrived or begun to participate in something; a beginner or novice.

Example Sentences

kept the newcomer at arm's length at first.

conjectures about the newcomer were many and varied.

hunted the newcomers out of town.

the firms are relative newcomers to computers.

newcomers are socialized into orthodox ways.

The organization aims to settle newcomers down in the city.

The newcomer is not used to the heavy traffic in big cities.

The newcomers lacked immunity against local strains of the disease.

most of the newcomers are employed in developing the technology into a product.

many newcomers are exposing themselves to life-threatening injury.

Newcomers themselves, they knew few people at the party.

A brash newcomer disputed the age-old rules for admission to the club.

And the newcomers provide a willing hand for jobs others may spin.

Being beaten by a newcomer has really taken the wind out of his sails.

Despite assurances that this year’s competition would welcome new talent and new ideas, none of the newcomers have reached the final round. Plus ca change …

Other newcomers to People's 2009 list include "American Idol" runner-up Adam Lambert and "Glee" actors Matthew Morrison, Cory Monteith and Mark Salling.

Real-world Examples

Land-value taxes can also help cater for newcomers.

Source: The Economist (Summary)

By and large, Britons seem to welcome the newcomers.

Source: The Economist - Comprehensive

William is a newcomer to the movie business.

Source: Lai Shixiong Advanced English Vocabulary 3500

He might conceivable have some interesting things to say about being a newcomer to movie-making.

Source: Listen to this 3 Advanced English Listening

Jiang Xinlin, born in 1988, is also a newcomer to space.

Source: Intermediate English short passage

Last May, two ideologically different political newcomers sized each other up for the first time.

Source: CNN 10 Student English April 2018 Compilation

Instinctively raising his wand again, he span on his heel to face the newcomer.

Source: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Fawad Mohammadi is a newcomer whom the director knew from Chicken Street in Kabul.

Source: VOA Standard February 2013 Collection

The old tramp taught the newcomer how to make himself comfortable om a park bench.

Source: New Concept English: Vocabulary On-the-Go, Book Three.

Workers from SAMU First Response, an international aid agency, were there to help the newcomers.

Source: VOA Slow English - America

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