new
[ noo, nyoo ]
/ nu, nyu /
adjective, new·er, new·est.
adverb
recently or lately (usually used in combination): The valley was green with new-planted crops.
freshly; anew or afresh (often used in combination): roses new washed with dew; new-mown hay.
noun
something that is new; a new object, quality, condition, etc.: Ring out the old, ring in the new.
Origin of new
before 900; Middle English
newe (adj., adv., and noun), Old English
nēowe,
nīewe, nīwe (adj. and adv.); cognate with Dutch
nieuw, German
neu, Old Norse
nȳr, Gothic
niujis, Old Irish
núe, Welsh
newydd, Greek
neîos; akin to Latin
novus, OCS
novŭ, Greek
néos, Sanskrit
navas
synonym study for new
New,
fresh,
novel describe things that have not existed or have not been known or seen before.
New refers to something recently made, grown, or built, or recently found, invented, or discovered:
a new car; new techniques.
Fresh refers to something that has retained its original properties, or has not been affected by use or the passage of time:
fresh strawberries; fresh ideas.
Novel refers to something new that has an unexpected, strange, or striking quality, generally pleasing:
a novel experience.
pronunciation note for new
Following the alveolar consonants
[t] /t/,
[d] /d/, and
[n] /n/, two main types of pronunciation occur for the “long” vowel represented by the spellings
u, ue, discontinuous
u...e, and
ew, as in
student,
due,
nude, and
new. In the North and North Midland U.S.
[oo] /u/ immediately follows the alveolar consonant:
[stood-nt] /ˈstud nt/,
[doo] /du/,
[nood] /nud/, and
[noo] /nu/. In the South Midland and Southern U.S., pronunciations of the type
[styood-nt] /ˈstyud nt/,
[dyoo] /dyu/,
[nyood] /nyud/, and
[nyoo] /nyu/ predominate. Both these types are traceable to England, as well as some less common ones, for example, those in which the high front vowel
[i] /ɪ/ substitutes for the
[y] /y/. A belief that the
[yoo] /yu/ pronunciations are more prestigious sometimes leads to hypercorrection, the insertion of the
y sound where historically it does not belong, leading to such pronunciations as
[nyoon] /nyun/ for
noon. Currently in the United States, a
[y] /y/ following
[s] /s/,
[z] /z/,
[th] /θ/, and
[l] /l/, as in
sue
[syoo] /syu/,
resume
[ri-zyoom] /rɪˈzyum/,
enthusiasm
[en-thyoo-see-az-uh m] /ɛnˈθyu siˌæz əm/, and
illusion
[ih-lyoo-zhuh n] /ɪˈlyu ʒən/, is used by some speakers, but is considered affected by others.
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British Dictionary definitions for new
new
/ (njuː) /
adjective
adverb (usually in combination)
recently, freshly
new-laid eggs
anew; again
See also
news
Other words from new
Related prefix: neo-Derived forms of new
newness, nounWord Origin for new
Old English
nīowe; related to Gothic
niujis, Old Norse
naujas, Latin
novus
Idioms and Phrases with new
new