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new year

noun

  1. the year approaching or newly begun.
  2. (initial capital letters) the first day or few days of a year in any of various calendars.


New Year

noun

  1. the first day or days of the year in various calendars, usually celebrated as a holiday


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Word History and Origins

Origin of new year1

Middle English word dating back to 1150–1200

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Example Sentences

The current conflict it fuels is now poised to last long into the new year.

I was going to do it myself, but was waiting for the new year.

One photo is a frontal shot with her friend Blac Chyna with the caption “Getting right for the new year.”

A new leader is required in the new year to dig out from the rubble of the Obamacare disaster.

As we near the conclusion of 2013, the organization just announced its to-do list for the new year.

She had expected to cry herself to sleep; instead she read Dickens with Mr. Hammerton until the new year was upon them.

The Hoopers resolved to begin the new year by wiping out their enemies, root and branch.

Henceforth the new year begins on the first of January instead of the twenty-fifth of March.

The first of the new year brought a certain regret to the family at The Briars and to Napoleon as well.

"There is my New-Year present to you, Annie," he said, as he began to open it.

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