FIRST-YEAR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does first-year mean? 

• FIRST-YEAR (adjective)
  The adjective FIRST-YEAR has 1 sense:

1. used of a person in the first year of an experience (especially in United States high school or college)

  Familiarity information: FIRST-YEAR used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FIRST-YEAR (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Used of a person in the first year of an experience (especially in United States high school or college)

Synonyms:

first-year; freshman

Context example:

freshman year in high school or college

Similar:

first (preceding all others in time or space or degree)

Domain region:

America; the States; U.S.; U.S.A.; United States; United States of America; US; USA (North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776)