different between neophytes vs probation
neophytes
English
Noun
neophytes
- plural of neophyte
Anagrams
- hypnotees
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probation
English
Etymology
From Middle French probation, from Old French probacion, from Latin probatio (“a trying, inspection, examination”), from probare, past participle probatus (“to test, examine”); see probate, probe, prove.
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /?p?o??be???n/
- Rhymes: -e???n
Noun
probation (countable and uncountable, plural probations)
- A period of time when a person occupies a position only conditionally and may easily be removed for poor performance
- (law) A type of sentence where convicted criminals are allowed to continue living in the community but will automatically be sent to jail if they violate certain conditions
- (archaic) The act of testing; proof
- 1661, Robert Boyle, The Sceptical Chymist, page 20,
- And I shall proceed to consider the testimony of Experience, when I shall have first advertis'd You, that if Men were as perfectly rational as 'tis to be wish'd they were, this sensible way of Probation would be as needless as 'tis wont to be imperfect.
- 1661, Robert Boyle, The Sceptical Chymist, page 20,
Derived terms
- probationary
- probation officer
- academic probation
Related terms
- probate
- probe
- prove
Translations
Further reading
- probation in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- probation in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
French
Pronunciation
Noun
probation f (plural probations)
- probation (especially religious)
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- what probation officers do
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- what probationary officer do
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- what's probationary license
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