newcomer

«newcomer» in Mova's school dictionary: A person who has just arrived in a place, joined a group… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a newcomer, newcomers)

meaning for a pupil

A person who has just arrived in a place, joined a group, or started something for the first time. tree →

sense in the lessons

In school and friendship lessons: be kind to newcomers in your class, show them around and include them in games. In citizenship lessons: newcomers to a country (immigrants, refugees) may learn a new language. In sport and competitions: «a newcomer to the team».

examples

• Let's welcome the newcomer to our class. tree →
• She was a newcomer to the town and did not know anyone. tree →
• The newcomers learned English quickly. tree →
• Our team has two newcomers this year. tree →
• Show the newcomer where the toilets are. tree →
• As a newcomer to chess, he lost a lot at first. tree →
• The newcomer was a bright, cheerful, good-looking young man, who soon plunged into conversation and asked many questions. tree →

note

One word: newcomer. Countable. «Newcomer» is friendly and neutral; «stranger» means someone you do not know at all. A newcomer is often also called «the new kid» at school.

In the corpora

• Newcomers are busy and tired; the friendly thing is to say hello first instead of deciding they are «stuck up».
• Teaching a newcomer is kinder than turning them away.
• Local slang can sound rude to a newcomer when it is meant friendly; ask or laugh along before deciding someone is an enemy.
• Nicknames for newcomers are often teasing rather than hate, but if one is nasty, tell a teacher.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «newcomer» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.