Meaning of first year | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A first-year student.
   countable
2. The first year of high school; seventh grade (now grade 7 of junior high school).
   Philippines, historical, uncountable
3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see first, year.
   countable, uncountable

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Examples

“The obvious topic for this issue is the new first year students. What are they like? It would be easy to say that they seem to be a typical mob of apathetic new students. It would be more correct however, to say that they are simply a typical bunch of first years. They were given one of the best, if not the best, Orientation Weeks (thanks especially to the untiring efforts of Ronny-Boy Colman) that the A.N. U. has ever seen. The reaction of the first years was perhaps a little disappointing to the organisers but it was probably as good as could be expected.”

“Another thing you should know about is that the first years always stand with the teachers on the first day.”

“Obviously it is pointless to expect from a group of first years the ability to pursue any great degree of abstraction in the preparation of a dance.”

“Jo left the school in the wake of a bunch of first years who made for the gate as if the building was on fire.”

“The first years always fancy an older man, mate.”

“There is a rumour going round the school that Claire Miles is throwing a party at Easter to celebrate her pregnancy. […] Of course it might not be true about the party. The stupid first years are always getting things wrong.”

“The use of sterilized compost when planting should minimize problems with weeds, at least for the first years.”

“For many couples, the first years seem to go the best.”

“First years are always hard for festivals.”

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