Dictionary
new
Pronunciation: (nOO, nyOO), [key]
—adj., -er, -est,
—adv., n.
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adj.
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. (
cap.) (of a language) in its latest known period, esp. as a living language at the present time:
New High German.
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adv.
1. recently or lately (usually used in combination):
The valley was green with new-planted crops.
2. freshly; anew or afresh (often used in combination):
roses new washed with dew; new-mown hay.
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n.
something that is new; a new object, quality, condition, etc.:
Ring out the old, ring in the new. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
