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brand-new

[ bran-noo, -nyoo, brand- ]

/ ˈbrænˈnu, -ˈnyu, ˈbrænd- /

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adjective

entirely new.

Origin of brand-new

First recorded in 1560–70

OTHER WORDS FROM brand-new

brand-new·ness, noun

Words nearby brand-new

brand name, brand nazi, brand stretching, brand x, brand-name, brand-new, brandade, branded, brandeis, brandeis, louis d., brandenburg

Example sentences from the Web for brand-new

So one is like a brand-new thing, and one is like a well-oiled machine.

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But these brand-new technologies also allow fertile women to exert extraordinary control in creating their families.

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My bedroom was square and yellow and brand-new; this one was an attic with a gray-blue wall curling into its ceiling.

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Just before the New Hampshire House was about to pass a brand-new budget in June, Tremblay called it quits.

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A brand-new poll found that a majority of Republican men still favored universal background checks.

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And me offerin' to swap a brand-new two-dollar one that could open and shut its eyes!

Torchy, Private Sec. |Sewell Ford
You are not bound, and no more is he, to place your faith in these brand-new opinions.

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She laughed and led him to the bed where the baby lay, wide-eyed, inspecting the brand-new universe.

Cinderella Jane |Marjorie Benton Cooke
Now, here was a brand-new one, and the pictures in it looked most attractive.

The Ship Dwellers |Albert Bigelow Paine
It was not long before Roy Bock and his crew appeared, in a brand-new rowboat which was certainly a beauty.

The Putnam Hall Rivals |Arthur M. Winfield

British Dictionary definitions for brand-new

brand-new

adjective

absolutely new

Word Origin for brand-new

C16: from brand (n) + new, likened to newly forged iron