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noun (usually used with a singular verb)
1.
a report of a recent event; intelligence; information: His family has had no news of his whereabouts for months.
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3.
such reports taken collectively; information reported: There's good news tonight.
4.
EXPANDa person, thing, or event considered as a choice subject for journalistic treatment; newsworthy material. Compare copy (def. 5).
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News
is always a great word to know.
So is doohickey. Does it mean:
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
Example Sentences
- Several major film preservation projects have been in the news recently.
- News counts the scores of only new first-year students, not transfers.
- Sometimes there's some good news mixed in with the bad.
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adjective
1.
of recent origin, production, purchase, etc.; having but lately come or been brought into being: a new book.
2.
of a kind now existing or appearing for the first time; novel: a new concept of the universe.
3.
having but lately or but now come into knowledge: a new chemical element.
4.
unfamiliar or strange (often followed by to): ideas new to us; to visit new lands.
5.
EXPANDhaving but lately come to a place, position, status, etc.: a reception for our new minister.
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unaccustomed (usually followed by to): people new to such work.
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coming or occurring afresh; further; additional: new gains.
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fresh or unused: to start a new sheet of paper.
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(of physical or moral qualities) different and better: The vacation made a new man of him.
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other than the former or the old: a new era; in the New World.
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being the later or latest of two or more things of the same kind: the new testament; a new edition of Shakespeare.
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COLLAPSE(initial capital letter) (of a language) in its latest known period, especially as a living language at the present time: New High German.
adverb
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recently or lately (usually used in combination): The valley was green with new-planted crops.
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freshly; anew or afresh (often used in combination): roses new washed with dew; new-mown hay.
noun
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something that is new; a new object, quality, condition, etc.: Ring out the old, ring in the new.
Origin:
before 900; Middle English newe (adj., adv., and noun), Old English nēowe, nīewe, nīwe (adj. and adv.); cognate with Dutch nieuw, German neu, Old Norse nȳr, Gothic niujis, Old Irish núe, Welsh newydd, Greek neîos; akin to Latin novus, OCS novŭ, Greek néos, Sanskrit navas
before 900; Middle English newe (adj., adv., and noun), Old English nēowe, nīewe, nīwe (adj. and adv.); cognate with Dutch nieuw, German neu, Old Norse nȳr, Gothic niujis, Old Irish núe, Welsh newydd, Greek neîos; akin to Latin novus, OCS novŭ, Greek néos, Sanskrit navas
Related forms
new·ness, noun
qua·si-new, adjective
qua·si-new·ly, adverb
un·new, adjective
un·new·ness, noun
Synonyms
New, fresh, novel describe things that have not existed or have not been known or seen before. New refers to something recently made, grown, or built, or recently found, invented, or discovered: a new car; new techniques. Fresh refers to something that has retained its original properties, or has not been affected by use or the passage of time: fresh strawberries; fresh ideas. Novel refers to something new that has an unexpected, strange, or striking quality, generally pleasing: a novel experience.
New, fresh, novel describe things that have not existed or have not been known or seen before. New refers to something recently made, grown, or built, or recently found, invented, or discovered: a new car; new techniques. Fresh refers to something that has retained its original properties, or has not been affected by use or the passage of time: fresh strawberries; fresh ideas. Novel refers to something new that has an unexpected, strange, or striking quality, generally pleasing: a novel experience.
Pronunciation note
Following the alveolar consonants [t] , [d], and [n], two main types of pronunciation occur for the “long” vowel represented by the spellings u, ue, discontinuous u...e, and ew, as in student, due, nude, and new. In the North and North Midland U.S. [oo] immediately follows the alveolar consonant: [stood-nt], [doo], [nood], and [noo]. In the South Midland and Southern U.S., pronunciations of the type [styood-nt], [dyoo], [nyood], and [nyoo] predominate. Both these types are traceable to England, as well as some less common ones, for example, those in which the high front vowel [i] substitutes for the [y]. EXPANDA belief that the [yoo] pronunciations are more prestigious sometimes leads to hypercorrection, the insertion of the y sound where historically it does not belong, leading to such pronunciations as [nyoon] for noon.
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Following the alveolar consonants [t] , [d], and [n], two main types of pronunciation occur for the “long” vowel represented by the spellings u, ue, discontinuous u...e, and ew, as in student, due, nude, and new. In the North and North Midland U.S. [oo] immediately follows the alveolar consonant: [stood-nt], [doo], [nood], and [noo]. In the South Midland and Southern U.S., pronunciations of the type [styood-nt], [dyoo], [nyood], and [nyoo] predominate. Both these types are traceable to England, as well as some less common ones, for example, those in which the high front vowel [i] substitutes for the [y]. EXPANDA belief that the [yoo] pronunciations are more prestigious sometimes leads to hypercorrection, the insertion of the y sound where historically it does not belong, leading to such pronunciations as [nyoon] for noon.
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Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
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Word Origin & History
new
O.E. neowe, niowe, earlier niwe, from P.Gmc. *newjaz (cf. O.Fris. nie, Du. nieuw, Ger. neu, Dan., Swed. ny, Goth. niujis "new"), from PIE *newos (cf. Skt. navah, Pers. nau, Hittite newash, Gk. neos, Lith. naujas, O.C.S. novu, Rus. novyi, L. novus, O.Ir. nue, Welsh newydd "new"). Newly-wed (n.) first
EXPAND recorded 1918. Newborn is c.1300 as an adj., 1879 as a noun. New math in ref. to a system of teaching mathematics based on investigation and discovery is from 1958. New England was named 1616 by Capt. John Smith; Newfoundland is from 1585. New World to designate phenomena of the Western Hemisphere first attested 1823, in Lord Byron.
news
late 14c., plural of new (n.) "new thing," from new (adj.), q.v.; after Fr. nouvelles, used in Bible translations to render M.L. nova (neut. pl.) "news," lit. "new things." Sometimes still regarded as plural, 17c.-19c. Meaning "tidings" is early 15c. The News in the Virginia
city Newport News is said to derive from the name of one of its founders, William Newce.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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NeWS definition
/nee'wis/, /n[y]oo'is/ or /n[y]ooz/ Network extensible Window System.
Many hackers insist on the two-syllable pronunciations above as a way of distinguishing NeWS from news (the netnews software).
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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