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tulokas — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • entrant noun A participant who enters something, such as a contest.
  • initiate verb To start something, especially a formal process.
  • newcomer noun A person who has recently arrived in a place or community.
  • outsider noun A person who does not belong to a particular group or community.
  • recruit noun A person newly enlisted in the military, or newly hired somewhere.
  • rookie noun Someone new to a job, sport, or team; a first-year professional or a novice.
  • stranger noun A person you do not know.

Senses

tulokas is used for these senses in English:

  • entrant A newcomer.
  • initiate A new member of an organization.
  • initiate One who has been through a ceremony of initiation.
  • newcomer One who has recently come to a community; a recent arrival.
  • newcomer A new participant in some activity; a neophyte.
  • outsider A newcomer with little or no experience in an organization or community.
  • recruit A hired worker
  • rookie An athlete either new to the sport or to a team or in his/her first year of professional competition, especially said of baseball, basketball, hockey and American football players.

initiate — full definition

  1. verb To start something, especially a formal process.
  2. verb To formally introduce someone into a group, often through a ritual or ceremony.
  3. noun Someone who has just been admitted into a group, or who is well-versed in a particular subject.

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