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UK /njuː/ US /nju/

adj 5adv 2verb 2name 2

Collocations

(adj.) recently built/made

VERBS

be, look

My phone is still new, but the screen already has a scratch on it.

ADV

brand, spanking

My parents just bought a spanking new house in the countryside last month.

fairly, quite

(adj.) different/not familiar

VERBS

The restaurant in the shopping center is relatively new, having opened just last year.

ADV

very | completely, entirely, quite | fairly, quite

PREP

Working in a different country was new to him, so he asked lots of questions.

PHRASES

be nothing new about/in sth

There is nothing new about people complaining that music was better in the old days.

Definitions

adj

Recently made, or created.

This is a new scratch on my car! The band just released a new album.

The cookers cost £350 new but £150 secondhand.

Recently made, or created.

I can't see you for a while; the pain is still too new. Did you see the new King Lear at the theatre?

Additional; recently discovered.

We turned up some new evidence from the old files.

Current or later, as opposed to former.

My new car is much better than my previous one, even though it is older. We had been in our new house for five years by then.

Used to distinguish something established more recently, named after something or some place previously existing.

New Bond Street is an extension of Bond Street.

adv

Synonym of newly, especially in composition.

Near-synonym: recently

new-born, new-formed, new-found, new-mown hay, new-laid eggs

As new; from scratch.

They are scraping the site clean to build new.

verb

Synonym of new up.

To make new; to recreate; to renew.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

adjective — having no previous example or precedent or parallel

unexampled

adjective — (of crops) harvested at an early stage of development

young

adjective — used of a living language

modern

adjective — lacking training or experience

adjective — original and of a kind not seen before

adverb — very recently

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

turn over a new leaf

To engage in self-improvement; to begin a good habit or shed a bad habit.

Every year he resolves to turn over a new leaf and start exercising.

happy New Year

A wish said around the start of a new year to wish someone well for the New Year (holiday) or for the (entire) new year.

you can't teach an old dog new tricks

It is impossible to change people's habits, traits, or mindset.

a new broom sweeps clean

New management will often make radical changes.

dawn of a new day

A new beginning; a fresh start; an important, promising turning point.

A distant gleam shone through the weight of his troubles, seeming to promise the dawn of a new day.

Example Bank

This is a new scratch on my car! The band just released a new album.

Wiktionary

The cookers cost £350 new but £150 secondhand.

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Within a half-hour, Gould (pronounced GOLD) was stirring in pieces of breaded and sautéed chicken, pouring the finished sauce over fettucini noodles cooked al dente and serving one of the newest entre

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Near-synonym: recently

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new-born, new-formed, new-found, new-mown hay, new-laid eggs

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They are scraping the site clean to build new.

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, new is marked as obsolete, informal. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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