Words / B2

NOV-is/ˈnɒvɪs/

A novice is a beginner at a skill, job, or activity: a novice driver; novice users. Beginner is everyday; amateur is unpaid rather than new. A novice still needs the protocol in writing. Mix-up: novel is a book or “new” (already in the dictionary); novice is not “nervous”. Do not call an experienced cover supervisor a novice.

Meaning

A person who is new to a skill, job, or activity.

Examples

• “A novice still needs the fire-exit protocol in writing, H&S said.”
• “Novice drivers featured in the road-safety unit, which is the learner sense.”

Good to know

a novice + noun; novice users / drivers. Everyday: beginner. Trap: novel / nervous. Training, news, and H&S. New to the task, not merely unpaid.

Near in meaning

beginner

New