first-year

noun

variants or first year
plural first-years or first years
: a student in the first year (as at a high school or college) : a first-year student
Experts say fledgling first-years can expect to experience the thrill of autonomy, of being in the driver's seat for what may be the first time ever.Jan McCoy Ebbets

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Following Sunday's loss, first-year head coach Brian Schottenheimer defended Eberflus, saying the product on the field is a team effort. Jordan Sigler, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Oct. 2025 Moody was playing his first game for the Bears after being cut by the San Francisco 49ers last month, but stepped up as time expired to hand Chicago a third-straight win under first-year coach Ben Johnson. George Ramsay, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2025 Williams, meanwhile, has displayed steady improvement under first-year coach Ben Johnson, and the Bears have won their last two games to post a 2-2 start. Mike Jones, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025 But that wasn’t the plan for first-year offensive coordinator Tanner Engstrand as quarterback Justin Fields just looked to the sideline as the clock wound down to zero. Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 12 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for first-year

Word History

First Known Use

1986, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of first-year was in 1986

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“First-year.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/first-year. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.

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