new
Things that are newThings that are new.
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Meaning
3 senses(countable, invariable, plural, plural only, uncountable)Things that are new.
Out with the old, in with the new.
(Australia, uncountable)A typically light-coloured lager brewed by the bottom-fermentation method.
(UK, countable, slang)A naval cadet who has just embarked on training.
Origin
From Middle English neowe, neue, new, newe, nywe, from Old English nēowe, nīewe, nīowe, nīFrom Middle English neowe, neue, new, newe, nywe, from Old English nēowe, nīewe, nīowe, nīwe, from Proto-West Germanic *niwi, from Proto-Germanic *niwjaz (“new”), from Proto-Indo-European *néwos, *néwyos (“new”). Compare also Old English nū (“now”). More at now. Doublet of nuevo, novuss, and neo-.
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Forms
plural: newsAntonyms
1 antonymsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.