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When I play discos in Belfast or freshers' week in Oxford, there are 1,800 kids dressed as me. It's odd, it's funny, and it pays really well.
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Meaning of "freshers' week" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF FRESHERS' WEEK

freshers' week  [ˈfrɛʃəz wiːk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FRESHERS' WEEK

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conjunction
determiner
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Freshers' week is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES FRESHERS' WEEK MEAN IN ENGLISH?

freshers' week

Student orientation

Student orientation or new student orientation is a period of time at the beginning of the academic year at a university or other tertiary institution during which a variety of events are held to orient and welcome new students. The name of the period varies by country. Although usually described as a week, the length of this period varies widely from university to university and country to country, ranging from about three days to a month or even more. The length of the week is often affected by each university's tradition as well as financial and physical constraints. During this period, students participate in a wide range of social activities, including live music and other performances, sports challenges, stunts, and open-air markets.

Definition of freshers' week in the English dictionary

The definition of freshers' week in the dictionary is a week at the beginning of a university year, usually with a programme of events intended to welcome new first-year students.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FRESHERS' WEEK


antique
ænˈtiːk
boutique
buːˈtiːk
chic
ʃiːk
clique
kliːk
creek
kriːk
Greek
ɡriːk
midweek
ˈmɪdˈwiːk
overweak
ˌəʊvəˈwiːk
peak
piːk
pipsqueak
ˈpɪpˌskwiːk
politique
ˌpɒlɪˈtiːk
seek
siːk
speak
spiːk
squeak
skwiːk
technique
tɛkˈniːk
tweak
twiːk
unique
juːˈniːk
weak
wiːk
week
wiːk
workweek
ˈwɜːkˌwiːk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FRESHERS' WEEK

fresh gale
fresh out of
fresh water
fresh-air fiend
fresh-faced
fresh-run
freshen
freshener
fresher
fresherdom
freshet
freshie
freshish
freshly
freshman
freshmanship
freshmen
freshness
freshwater
freshwater shrimp

WORDS THAT END LIKE FRESHERS' WEEK

Ancient Greek
bob-a-job week
cheek
Easter week
Ember week
five-day week
Great Week
hide-and-seek
Holy Week
keek
knock a person into the middle of next week
leek
meek
peek
rag week
reading week
sleek
turn the other cheek
working week
yesterday week

Synonyms and antonyms of freshers' week in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «freshers' week» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FRESHERS' WEEK

Find out the translation of freshers' week to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of freshers' week from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «freshers' week» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

新生周
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

semana novatos ´
570 millions of speakers

English

freshers´ week
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

फ्रेशर्स ´ सप्ताह
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

أسبوع الطلاب الجدد /
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

неделю Освежители /
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

semana ´ caloiros
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ফ্রেশার্স সপ্তাহ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

La semaine de freshers
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Minggu segar
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Erstsemester ´ Woche
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

新入生´週
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

신입생 ´ 주
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Minggu freshers
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

tuần freshers ´
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

Freshers ´வாரம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

फ्रेशर्स ´आठवडा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Freshers ´hafta
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

settimana matricole ´
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Tydzień Odświeżacze ´
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

тиждень Освіжувачі /
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

săptămână debutantilor /
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

εβδομάδα freshers /
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Freshers ´ n week
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

freshers /
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

freshers ´ uke
5 millions of speakers

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about freshers' week

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David Hasselhoff
When I play discos in Belfast or freshers' week in Oxford, there are 1,800 kids dressed as me. It's odd, it's funny, and it pays really well.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FRESHERS' WEEK»

Discover the use of freshers' week in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to freshers' week and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Desiring the Kingdom (Cultural Liturgies): Worship, ...
One of the gifts that seniors will give to the novices are tips and tricks for being able to maintain the lifestyle of Freshers' Week without letting the work of education ruin the party. This first week is multisensory, sometimes tingling senses the ...
James K. A. Smith, 2009
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The Medical Student's Survival Guide: The early years
I think if those people are looking down on us in the dissecting room, they'd be proud. (Laura Stevens, first-year medical student, Dundee) FRESHERS WEEK Talk to as many new people as possible; you never know which of them will become ...
Elizabeth Cottrell, 2007
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The Student's Companion to Physiotherapy: A Survival Guide
You may have lectures in freshers' week that explain allabout thelibrary, computer systems, chaplaincy, students' union, and othergeneric university based facts; you may also get some coursespecific ones too. These can be tediously dullbut ...
Nick Southorn, 2010
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A Practical Guide to University and College Management: ...
This information links to the arrival activities in the week before Freshers' Week. Pre-Freshers' Week – Arrival and Orientation of Students International direct entry students are asked to arrive mid-week, the week before Freshers' Week starts.
Steve Denton, Sally Brown, 2009
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Swimming With Dolphins
Catriona Travers. FRESHERS WEEK Freshers' week. Feeling Fresh? Join the Freshers' Societies. Being a Fresh-man or woman was the thing to be. Everything cranked into gear during Freshers' Week. Like some big open air market, ...
Catriona Travers
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Med School: My Foot In The Door
9.3 Freshers' Week 'Freshers' Week' is the first one or two (some universities like to extend the fun) weeks at university. It is a time dedicated to helping new students to make friends and settle in. You will not have formal teaching in this time ...
Hélena Gresty, 2010
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Top Tips for Asperger Students: How to Get the Most Out of ...
If your freshers' week is anything like mine, you'll end up making new friends very quickly. I expected to have loads of trouble making friends, but it was actually surprisingly easy — and I usually have very little luck with it. Within the first hour ...
Rosemary Martin, 2011
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The Push Guide to Choosing a University
Then there's freshers' week - the first week of the year - a drunken haze of meeting people you spend the rest of the year trying to shake off, going to club nights and onentation meetings, getting endless passport photos for student cards, ...
Jonathan Rich, 2004
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Essential Guide to Becoming a Doctor
9.3 Freshers' week The emphasis during the first few weeks at university is not really on working at the books but working on the social life. You will only ever experience one freshers' week, so make the most of it. The week consists of settling ...
Adrian Blundell, Richard Harrison, Benjamin W. Turney, 2011
10
The Historical Adventures of Thomas Balfour
The week before class starts, the week is considered to be “Freshers' Week”, or better known as the week where the University students get know about the various different societies, organizations, churches, sporting activities, and most of all, ...
Ty Rosenow, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FRESHERS' WEEK»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term freshers' week is used in the context of the following news items.
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Canopies to transform Preston during three-day arts festival
The event, planned to coincide with Pride and Freshers' Week, will see the People's Canopy wheeled by cyclists from the University of Central ... «Lancashire Evening Post, Jul 15»
2
How to put on a mega-gig: the venue manager's story
We put Blur on one freshers' week, as well as the Orb, Des'ree, Dream Warriors and the James Taylor Quartet. After that I worked in radio for a ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
3
The Pigeon Detectives to play Hatfield gig
Doors to the uni Freshers' Week concert open at 7pm and the gig is for ages 14 plus. Advance tickets cost from just £10,. Over 18s can upgrade ... «Times 24, Jul 15»
4
Everything You Know About Millennials Is Wrong
Real scholarship is something that students have to learn – few pitch up for freshers' week with the ability to write citations in Harvard style ... «IEDP, Jul 15»
5
Quota for women professors announced
They were first introduced in Freshers' Week 2014 and attendance was encouraged but optional. Cherwell understands they will operate in the ... «Cherwell Online, Jun 15»
6
A-level Results Day: save the celebrations for later
The entire terrifying and delightful getting-to-know-you business that in my day was confined to Freshers' Week has now moved online so that ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jun 15»
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Coldplay: Chris Martin's first guitar sold for more than double its …
This was where Chris met Jonny Buckland at their university 'freshers' week, following which the pair planned to form a band over the coming ... «Exeter Express and Echo, Jun 15»
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Time spent abroad may help UK students empathise with overseas …
... heard that another way to encourage integration may be to run “orientation” weeks for foreign arrivals before the traditional freshers' week. «Times Higher Education, Jun 15»
9
OxHoli event postponed to Freshers' Week after venue failure
The Oxford University Hindu Society (HUMSoc) has postponed OxHoli 2015 until Michaelmas term after a last-minute venue cancellation. «Cherwell Online, May 15»
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Worst Freshers' Week yet for Exeter Uni, despite plans to keep it …
A CAMPAIGN to keep Exeter University's Freshers' Week peaceful failed – as it suffered one of the worst weeks yet for noise and anti-social ... «North Devon Journal, May 15»

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