news
[ nooz, nyooz ]
/ nuz, nyuz /
noun (usually used with a singular verb)
a report of a recent event; intelligence; information: His family has had no news of his whereabouts for months.
the presentation of a report on recent or new events in a newspaper or other periodical or on radio or television.
such reports taken collectively; information reported: There's good news tonight.
a person, thing, or event considered as a choice subject for journalistic treatment; newsworthy material.
Compare copy(def 5).
Origin of news
OTHER WORDS FROM news
news·less, adjective news·less·ness, nounWords nearby news
Definition for news (2 of 2)
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.
OTHER WORDS FROM new
Example sentences from the Web for news
British Dictionary definitions for news (1 of 2)
news
/ (njuːz) /
noun (functioning as singular)
current events; important or interesting recent happenings
information about such events, as in the mass media
- the news a presentation, such as a radio broadcast, of information of this typethe news is at six
- (in combination)a newscaster
interesting or important information not previously known or realized
it's news to me
a person, fashion, etc, widely reported in the mass media
she is no longer news in the film world
Derived forms of news
newsless, adjectiveWord Origin for news
C15: from Middle English
newes, plural of
newe new (
adj) on model of Old French
noveles or Medieval Latin
nova new things
British Dictionary definitions for news (2 of 2)
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 news (1 of 2)
news
see bad news; break the news; no news is good news.
Idioms and Phrases with news (2 of 2)
new