[nooz, nyooz] 
) | 1. | a report of a recent event; intelligence; information: His family has had no news of his whereabouts for months. |
| 2. | the presentation of a report on recent or new events in a newspaper or other periodical or on radio or television. |
| 3. | such reports taken collectively; information reported: There's good news tonight. |
| 4. | a person, thing, or event considered as a choice subject for journalistic treatment; newsworthy material. Compare copy (def. 5). |
| 5. | newspaper. |
| 6. | newscast. |
[noo, nyoo] adjective, -er, -est, adverb, noun | 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 fol. by to): ideas new to us; to visit new lands. |
| 5. | having but lately come to a place, position, status, etc.: a reception for our new minister. |
| 6. | unaccustomed (usually fol. by to): people new to such work. |
| 7. | coming or occurring afresh; further; additional: new gains. |
| 8. | fresh or unused: to start a new sheet of paper. |
| 9. | (of physical or moral qualities) different and better: The vacation made a new man of him. |
| 10. | other than the former or the old: a new era; in the New World. |
| 11. | being the later or latest of two or more things of the same kind: the New Testament; a new edition of Shakespeare. |
| 12. | (initial capital letter) (of a language) in its latest known period, esp. as a living language at the present time: New High German. |
| 13. | recently or lately (usually used in combination): The valley was green with new-planted crops. |
| 14. | freshly; anew or afresh (often used in combination): roses new washed with dew; new-mown hay. |
| 15. | something that is new; a new object, quality, condition, etc.: Ring out the old, ring in the new. |
, [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]. A 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. Currently in the United States, a [y] following [s], [z], [th], and [l], as in sue [syoo], resume [ri-zyoom], enthusiasm [en-thyoo-see-az-uhm], and illusion [i-lyoo-zhuhn], is used by some speakers, but is considered affected by others.| news (nōōz, nyōōz) pl.n. (used with a sing. verb)
[Middle English newes, new things, tidings, pl. of newe, new thing, new; see new.] news'less adj. Synonyms: These nouns denote information about hitherto unknown events and happenings: just heard the good news; sent advice that the loan was approved; a source of intelligence about the war; tidings of victory; received word of his death. |
NeWS
/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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news
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