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

Examples of first-year in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The first-year defensive coordinator knows reclamation projects. Thuc Nhi Nguyen, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2024 Standardized testing largely became optional for admittance for first-year students in fall 2021. Ira Porter, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Mar. 2024 At the time, its first-year medical-school class of 100 students did not include a single Black, Latino or Native student. Nikole Hannah-Jones, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2024 The first-year coach inherited a team that had no returning production (no points, rebounds or assists) and was picked ninth in the Mountain West preseason poll. Jon Wilner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Mar. 2024 The first-year Camaro crossing the block through Mecum Auctions is just one vehicle among an impressive group of desirable Chevrolets coming to the NRG Center in Houston, Tex., from April 4 through 6. Robert Ross, Robb Report, 12 Mar. 2024 Mira Costa is off to a strong start under first-year coach Greg Snyder. Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2024 Another victim, a first-year Ayotzi named Julio César Mondragón, was found the next morning, lying dead outside a soccer field, according to officials. Alma Guillermoprieto, The New Yorker, 4 Mar. 2024 For Trevor Barker, a first-year student at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Bronx, the $1 billion gift from a longtime former professor that will eliminate tuition at the medical school could well be life-changing. Joseph Goldstein, New York Times, 4 Mar. 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

1986, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
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 28 Mar. 2024.

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