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NEW
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Dictionary entry overview: What does New mean?
• NEW (adjective)
The adjective NEW has 10 senses:
1. not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
2. original and of a kind not seen before
3. lacking training or experience
4. having no previous example or precedent or parallel
5. other than the former one(s); different
6. unaffected by use or exposure
7. in use after medieval times
8. used of a living language; being the current stage in its development
9. (of crops) harvested at an early stage of development; before complete maturity
10. (often followed by 'to') unfamiliar
Familiarity information: NEW used as an adjective is familiar.
• NEW (adverb)
The adverb NEW has 1 sense:
1. very recently
Familiarity information: NEW used as an adverb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
| Declension: comparative and superlative |
Superlative: newest
Sense 1
Meaning:
Not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
Context example:
the New World
Similar:
parvenu; parvenue (of or characteristic of a parvenu)
new-sprung; newborn (having just or recently arisen or come into existence)
recent (new)
radical; revolutionary (markedly new or introducing radical change)
rising (newly come into prominence)
sunrise (of an industry or technology; new and developing)
untested; untried (not yet proved or subjected to testing)
unused (not yet put into use)
virgin (being used or worked for the first time)
young (being in its early stage)
novel; refreshing (pleasantly new or different)
newfound (newly discovered)
new-fangled; newfangled ((of a new kind or fashion) gratuitously new)
hot; red-hot (newest or most recent)
fresh ((of a cycle) beginning or occurring again)
bran-new; brand-new; spic-and-span; spick-and-span (conspicuously new)
Also:
modern (belonging to the modern era; since the Middle Ages)
fresh (recently made, produced, or harvested)
current (occurring in or belonging to the present time)
Attribute:
age (how long something has existed)
Antonym:
old (of long duration; not new)
Derivation:
newness (the quality of being new; the opposite of oldness)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Original and of a kind not seen before
Synonyms:
Context example:
the computer produced a completely novel proof of a well-known theorem
Similar:
original (being or productive of something fresh and unusual; or being as first made or thought of)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Lacking training or experience
Synonyms:
new; raw
Context example:
raw recruits
Similar:
inexperienced; inexperient (lacking practical experience or training)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Having no previous example or precedent or parallel
Synonyms:
new; unexampled
Context example:
a time of unexampled prosperity
Similar:
unprecedented (having no precedent; novel)
Sense 5
Meaning:
Other than the former one(s); different
Context example:
ready to take a new direction
Similar:
other (not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied)
Sense 6
Meaning:
Unaffected by use or exposure
Context example:
it looks like new
Similar:
unweathered (not worn by exposure to the weather)
Antonym:
worn (affected by wear; damaged by long use)
Sense 7
Meaning:
In use after medieval times
Context example:
New Eqyptian was the language of the 18th to 21st dynasties
Similar:
late (of a later stage in the development of a language or literature; used especially of dead languages)
Domain category:
linguistics (the scientific study of language)
Sense 8
Meaning:
Used of a living language; being the current stage in its development
Synonyms:
Modern; New
Context example:
New Hebrew is Israeli Hebrew
Similar:
late (of a later stage in the development of a language or literature; used especially of dead languages)
Domain category:
linguistics (the scientific study of language)
Sense 9
Meaning:
(of crops) harvested at an early stage of development; before complete maturity
Synonyms:
new; young
Context example:
young corn
Similar:
early (being or occurring at an early stage of development)
Sense 10
Meaning:
(often followed by 'to') unfamiliar
Context example:
errors of someone new to the job
Similar:
unaccustomed to (not habituated to; unfamiliar with)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Very recently
Synonyms:
Context example:
we are fresh out of tomatoes
Context examples
I think, perhaps, it is almost time that I prepare for the new role I have to play.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
While pondering this new idea, I heard the front door open; Mr. Bates came out, and with him was a nurse.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
Clerval, who had watched my countenance as I read this letter, was surprised to observe the despair that succeeded the joy I at first expressed on receiving new from my friends.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
And young and old, noble and squire, gentle and simple, came at once on the summons; and among the rest came the friendly dwarf, with the sugarloaf hat, and a new scarlet cloak.
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
But I do believe he has got something new.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
At our time of life it is not so pleasant, I can tell you, to be making new acquaintances every day; but for your sakes, we would do anything.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
This was a new way of looking at it, and Miller was visibly impressed as he debated it in his mind.
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
A new Moon occurs when all of the Sun’s light is reflected away from Earth, and the side of the Moon facing Earth is barely visible, as illustrated in the above figures.
(Earthshine, NASA)
"But surely you will think more of me when you hear the splendid thoughts my new brain is going to turn out."
(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)
Few women could think more of their personal appearance than he did, nor could the valet of any new made lord be more delighted with the place he held in society.
(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)
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