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# newbie

«newbie» in Mova's school dictionary: **someone who is new to something, like a game, club, job…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a newbie, newbies)

### meaning for a pupil

(slang) A newbie is someone who is new to something, like a game, club, job or website, and doesn't know much yet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/newbie/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

Used in gaming, online forums and everyday chat. Can be friendly or a bit teasing. Phrases: a total newbie, help the newbies.

### examples

- I'm a newbie at chess, so go easy on me. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/newbie/#x1)
- The newbies on our team are learning fast. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/newbie/#x2)
- Everyone was a newbie once. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/newbie/#x3)
- He's a newbie in the game, so he keeps falling off. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/newbie/#x4)
- Be kind to newbies in the forum. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/newbie/#x5)
- As a newbie, I asked lots of questions. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/newbie/#x6)

### note

Slang, informal. Plural: newbies. Similar: beginner, rookie, novice. «Noob» is a ruder version used in gaming; calling someone a noob can be unkind.

### In the corpora

- [Chloe's first drama club, a girl with a ponytail says loudly «Ugh, newbie» and rolls her eyes.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/467-friends-through-games-and-clubs/19/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «newbie» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/newbie/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.