Novice

Word NOVICE
Character 6
Hyphenation nov ice
Pronunciations /ˈnɒvɪs/

Definitions and meanings of "Novice"

What do we mean by novice?

A person new to a field or activity; a beginner. noun

A person who has entered a religious order but has not yet taken final vows. noun

One who is new to the circumstances in which he or she is placed; a beginner in anything; an inexperienced or untried person. noun

Specifically A monk or nun who has newly entered one of the orders, and is still in a state of probation, subject to the superior of the convent and the discipline of the house, but bound by no permanent monastic vows; a probationer. The term of probation differs in different religious communities, but is regularly at least one year. noun

Having the character of a beginner, or one new to the practice of anything; inexperienced; also, characteristic of or befitting a novice.

In bench shows and other similar exhibitions, an animal which has not before been exhibited for a prize. noun

In athletics, one who has not won a prize, when the competition is open to members of two or more clubs. noun

Like a novice; becoming a novice. adjective

One who is new in any business, profession, or calling; one unacquainted or unskilled; one yet in the rudiments; a beginner; a tyro. noun

One newly received into the church, or one newly converted to the Christian faith. noun

One who enters a religious house, whether of monks or nuns, as a probationist. noun

Someone new to a field or activity noun

Someone who has entered a religious order but has not taken final vows noun

A beginner; one who is not very familiar or experienced in a particular subject.

A new member of a religious order accepted on a conditional basis, prior to confirmation.

In rowing, someone who just joined crew and is still rowing in their first season. Inexperienced. Can be seen stuggling to carry boats and oars and crashing into the shore. Urban Dictionary

Someone who has visited a knocking shop just the once but who would be expected to return shortly. Urban Dictionary

From: novice Exhibiting the extreme ability at being novice. 1. A novices deed or utterance Urban Dictionary

Someone who is unexperienced at a event or game. Urban Dictionary

The new noob Urban Dictionary

One who is inexperienced at something. Someone who performs an action relatively poorly due to inexperience, lack of skill, or insufficient training. Can be applied to people of any age, but most often used to describe someone young. If a young person performs an action with a relatively great amount skill despite their lack of experience or training, they are known as a prodigy. The word "novice" is derived from the Latin word "novus", meaning "new" or "fresh". Contemporary synonyms include newbie or newb, amateur, green, beginner, guppy, and fresh meat. The words noob, n00b, or nub are sometimes used to describe people with little experience in something, though these words more accurately describe someone who remains incompetent despite large amounts of experience and training. Urban Dictionary

Someone who is a cunt Urban Dictionary

French for Shitty Urban Dictionary

Novice- Someone who is unexperienced or sucks at life in a certain subject or activity. Novice mistake- doing something that is ridiculous or not close to being reasonable. Urban Dictionary

A man who is not skilled at the art of baby making. He is known as the virgin of the group. He usually sucks at both sex and anything of that matter. He gets dumped for his poor performance and is not well liked by most of his partners. He is usually a man packing schmeat but doesn't know how to please a woman. He goes in dry and comes out dry. Urban Dictionary

Synonyms and Antonyms for Novice

The word "novice" in example sentences

The political novice is giving up his day job at Saint Giuseppe's Heavenly Pizza to come to Washington. ❋ Philip Rucker (2010)

In the late 1930s and 1940s, Dorothy Snell, as she was then known, competed and won medals at the national level in novice, junior and senior competitions. ❋ Post (2010)

Danny makes a good point IMO that the first piece of advice to a novice is to first focus on the user experience, and not on advanced SEO tactics. ❋ Unknown (2009)

I have PM'd jslay, who as a novice is being cagey about her location, her e mail, and other elements of her profile, notifying her of my son's family in San Antonio, TX who would be happy to have her help in exchange for a room and a REASONABLE LIVING WAGE. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The novice is encouraged to engage in an activity slightly beyond his/her level of mastery and comfort. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The word novice, which among the Romans meant a newly acquired slave, and which is now used to denote an inexperienced person, is the canonical Latin name of those who, having been regularly admitted into a religious order and ordinarily already confirmed in their higher vocation by a certain period of probation as postulants, are prepared by a series of exercises and tests for the religious profession. ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)

When short-term novice speculators figure out that they've been taken for fools and that there aren't any more dupes left to bail them out at higher prices, the selling will coming quickly and relentlessly.

To game has, unfortunately, always its attractions; to game with a perfect novice is not what will render it less alluring; and to see that novice rich and beautiful is still less likely to be repelling. ❋ Unknown (1796)

Normally you install WordPress on your own webhost, but that can be a bit of a hassle and isn’t something a novice is going to want to mess with. ❋ Ewillett (2008)

I'm still what you would call a novice with much to learn but I learn something new with every baking adventure I endure! ❋ Hannah (2008)

He proves repeatedly that what would be impossible to a novice is a _certainty_ to him. ❋ Norval A. Hawkins (N/A)

The novices dropped the boat on the dock, destroying it utterly. The novice girls talked trash about her in the locker room, they need to [learn respect] for varsity rowers. The novice men crashed into that [floating log], their [coxin] was too busy looking at a duck and bragging about how he looks like a sophmore not a freshman to notice anything else. ❋ Ulmo (2008)

Paul has lost his [maiden tag], but he's still a novice until he goes down [the brass] house for [second helpings]. ❋ The Novice (2006)

He [proved] his [novicity] by saying [2+2] was 5 ❋ Pwner Of Novices (2003)

[Shut up] [Obey] [your Such a] Novice Obey is a Novice ❋ Broken Aka F!nk (2006)

O'Nell- oh look at that noob Ej- [wha]? O'Nell - oh [srry], i mean that [novice] ❋ AznGhostfire (2011)

George was a [novice] [sculptor], so his first attempts at creating a masterpiece were met with failure. Though he was a novice in this game, he was eager to learn the [ins and outs] of the in-game economy from more experienced players. Sally's poor marksmanship was understandable, because she was a novice and had never fired a gun before. ❋ The Human Encyclopedia Vol. 5 (2012)

[Yo] i [dont wanna] be a [novic] ❋ WestcoastOG (2013)

[Man] [that guy] is Novice ❋ Abcdefghijkl123456 (2018)

"Damn, John should have hit-it-and [quit it], [that sucks] he has a bitchy girlfriend now." "Yea, he made a novice mistake by [hooking up] with that bitch." ❋ Fred Williamson (2009)

[Miguel]: Yo did you hear that, i heard that [Amir] hooked up with a girl last night. [Leon]: Yeah, I heard he is a Novice penetrator. Miguel: haha, That is what his ex said. ❋ Dejonte Wilkins (2020)

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