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new (no̵̅o̅, nyo̵̅o̅)

adjective

  1. never existing before; appearing, thought of, developed, made, produced, etc. for the first time
    1. existing before, but known or discovered for the first time a new planet
    2. recently observed, experienced, manifested, etc.; different a new understanding of the problem
    3. strange; unfamiliar; foreign languages new to him
  3. not yet familiar or accustomed; inexperienced new to the work
    1. designating the more or most recent of two or more things of the same class, though both may be old New York
    2. taking the place of the previous one; recently appointed, acquired, etc. a new regime
    1. recently grown or made; fresh new wine, new cars
    2. harvested early new potatoes
  6. not previously used or worn
  7. modern; recent; fashionable; recently current
  8. more; additional two new inches of snow
  9. beginning again; starting as a repetition of a cycle, series, etc.; making another start the new moon, the new year
  10. having just reached a position, rank, place, etc. a new arrival
  11. refreshed in spirits, health, etc. a new man
  12. modern ()

Etymology: ME newe < OE niwe, akin to Ger neu < IE *newos, new (< base *newo-) > L novus, Gr neos, Welsh newydd, new

noun

something new: with the

adverb

  1. again
  2. newly; recently

new Related Forms
new′·ness noun
new Synonyms

new

modif.

  1. Recent

    current, late, just out, brand-new; see fresh 1.

  2. Modern

    modish, modern, latest, au courant (French); see fashionable, modern 1.

  3. Novel

    unique, novel, original, innovative; see original 2, 3, unusual 1, 2.

  4. Different

    unlike, dissimilar, distinct; see different 1, 2.

  5. Additional

    further, increased, supplementary; see extra.

  6. Inexperienced

    unseasoned, unskilled, untrained; see incompetent, inexperienced.

  7. Fresh

    unspoiled, uncontaminated, undecayed; see fresh 5.

  8. Recently

    newly, freshly, lately; see recently.

new is applied to that which has never existed before or which has only just come into being, possession, use, etc. new words, a new coat; fresh implies such newness that the original appearance, quality, vigor, etc. have not been affected by time or use fresh eggs, a fresh start; novel implies a newness that is strikingly unusual or strange a novel suggestion, a novel combination; modern and modernistic apply to that which is of the present time, as distinguished from earlier periods, and connote up-to-dateness, the latter word, sometimes, with derogatory implications; original emphasizes that a thing is the first of its kind an original idea, an original melody

new Usage Examples

Modifying Another Word

  • relatively: Community Foundations are a relatively new kind of grant-making trust.
  • completely: You may be thinking about having a completely new kitchen or just making a few alterations.
  • genuinely: ICT supports two-way learning, which could be developed in genuinely new ways: iterative feedback and public participation.
  • so: The normal benefits associated with the treatment are not being met and so new dosing strategies should be sought.
  • either: Many of the 28 cuts are either new to CD or difficult to find properly mastered, as they are heard here.
  • really: But there seem to be no really new ideas, themes or depth here.

Adjective complement with noun phrase

  • learn: I think we all enjoyed this greatly and everyone learned something new.
  • represent: Some of them very belatedly tried to get us out of there, but I don't think they represent anything new.
  • have: And when she has something new, she does nothing with it.
  • get: You can't possibly get bored of this LP, every time you listen to it you get something new.

Modifies a noun

  • technology: The novelty of new technology holds the interest of visitors.
  • window: A new window will pop up with a larger version of the image.
  • development: A lot of newer developments have a shared car parking area.
  • system: Online Booking You can now order tickets for many of our shows using our new online booking system.
  • member: With a few new members boosting our ranks, the Pride looks forward to a strong season in 2005.
  • home: Your home will then be checked thoroughly before the removers head off to your new home.

Used with adjective complement

  • announce: University of Dundee announces new Chancellor Lord Patel is to succeed Sir James Black as Chancellor of the University of Dundee.
  • york: In the insurance through separate schip new york new.
  • create: Pants on Fire Pants on Fire is dedicated to creating new, exciting, high quality theater.
  • deliver: I've traded as an authorized sales dealer, selling and delivering new ( and reconditioned ) Hoover washing machines.
new Quotes

What is conservatism? Is it not adherence to the old and tried, against the new and untried?

—Lincoln, Abraham

Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.

—Bible (NewTestament)

   Now gae your wa'söTho'anes as gude As ever happit flesh and blude, Yet part we maunöthe case sae hard is, Amang the writers and the bardies That lang they'll brook the auld I trow, Or neibours cry,'Weel brook the new'.

—Ferber, Edna

What do these so-called artists mean when they preach the discovery of the'new'? Is there anything new? Everything has been done, everything has been discovered.

—Ingres,Jean Auguste Dominique

The Chens had been living in the UK for four years, which was long enough to have lost their place in the society from which they had emigrated but not long enough to feel comfortable in the new.

—Mo,Timothy

Denn dem Menschen ist amWiedererkennen gelegen; er m o« chte das Alte im Neuen wiederfinden und das Typische im Individuellen. For man always searches for recognition: he would like to find the old in the new and the ordinary in the individual.

—Mann,Thomas

And God shall wipe awayall tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, norcrying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away. And he that sat upon the throne said,Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful.

—Bible (NewTestament)

When I first heard Charlie Parker, I said,'That's how our music should be played.'† After we got it together, yeah, I knew we were making something new. It was magic. Nobody on the planet was playing like that but us.

—Gillespie, Dizzy (John Birks)

When I went to the Bar as a very young man, (Said I to myselfösaid I), I'll work on a new and original plan, (Said I to myselfösaid I).

—Gilbert, Sir W(illiam) S(chwenck)

I pledge you, I pledge myself, to a New Deal for the American people.

—Roosevelt, Franklin D(elano)

To those who charge that liberalism has been tried and found wanting, I answer that the failure is not in the idea but in the course of recent history. The New Deal was ended by World War II. The New Frontier was closed by Berlin and Cuba even before it was opened. And the Great Society lost its greatness in the jungles of Indochina.

—McGovern, George S(tanley)

It is of the L mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. Theyare new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.

—Bible (Old Testament)

And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea. And IJohn saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.

—Bible (NewTestament)

A Stranger here Strange things doth meet, strange glories see; StrangeTreasures lodg'd in this fair world appear, Strange all, and New to me, But that they mine should be, who nothing was, That Strangest is of all, yet brought to pass.

—Traherne,Thomas

Nothing is thought rare Which is not new and follow'd, yet we know That what was worne some twenty yeare agoe, Comes into grace againe.

—Fo, Dario

Sir, I look upon every day to be lost, in which I do not make a new acquaintance.

—Johnson, Samuel known as Dr Johnson

Lienot oneto another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds; And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him: Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, and in all.

—Bible (NewTestament)

Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky, The flying cloud, the frosty light: The year is dying in the night; Ring out, wild bells, and let him die. Ring out the old, ring in the new, Ring, happy bells, across the snow: The year isgoing, let him go; Ring out the false, ring in the true.

—Tennyson

The Shock of the New: seven historic exhibitions of modern art.

—Dunlop, Ian

   The notion of doing something impossibly new usually turns out to be an illusion.

—Tharp,Twyla

Leaving reminds us what we can part with and what we can't, then offers us something new to look forward to, to dream about.

—Ford, Richard

We will burn the old grass and the new will grow.

—Pol Pot real name Saloth Sar

   The tall, impossibly tall, incomparably tall, city shoulderingly upwards into hard sunlight leaned a little through the octaves of its parallel edges, leaningly strode upwards into firm, hard, snowy sunlight; the noises of America nearingly throbbed with smokes and hurrying dots which are men and which are women and which are things new and curious and hard and strange and vibrant and immense, lifting with a great ondulous stride firmly into immortal sunlight†

—cummings, e e pen name of  Edward Estlin Cummings