Meaning

1 senses

  1. (not comparable)Anew (from the beginning).

    Near-synonym: in a vacuum

    Having found the lower court's analysis wrong, the appellate court undertook a review de novo.

    from the beginning

Origin

Borrowed from Latin dē novō (adverb, literally “from the new”), from dē (“from”) + novō, a

Borrowed from Latin dē novō (adverb, literally “from the new”), from dē (“from”) + novō, ablative singular of novus (“new”).

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Synonyms

1 synonyms
in a vacuum

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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