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- [tahy-roh]
- /ˈtaɪ roʊ/
- /ˈtaɪ.rəʊ/
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- [tahy-roh]
- /ˈtaɪ roʊ/
Definitions of tyro word
- noun plural tyro a beginner in learning anything; novice. 1
- noun tyro novice, beginner at sth 1
- countable noun tyro A tyro is a person who is just beginning to learn something or who has very little experience of something. 0
- noun tyro a novice or beginner 0
- noun tyro a beginner in learning something; novice 0
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Origin of tyro
First appearance:
before 1605 One of the 40% oldest English words
First recorded in 1605-15, tyro is from the Latin word tīrō recruit
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Parts of speech for Tyro
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
tyro popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 74% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
tyro usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for tyro
noun tyro
- amateur — An amateur is someone who does something as a hobby and not as a job.
- apprentice — An apprentice is a young person who works for someone in order to learn their skill.
- beginner — A beginner is someone who has just started learning to do something and cannot do it very well yet.
- bush leaguer — Also called busher. Baseball. a player in a minor league. an incompetent player, as one who behaves or plays as if he or she belonged in a minor league.
- catechumen — a person, esp in the early Church, undergoing instruction prior to baptism
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