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new

Pronunciation: /n(j)ʉw/

The English word “new” has 19 meanings listed here.

adjective

  1. Recently made, or created.
  2. Of recent origin; having taken place recently.
  3. Additional; recently discovered.
  4. Current or later, as opposed to former.
  5. Used to distinguish something established more recently, named after something or some place previously existing.
  6. In original condition; pristine; not previously worn or used.
  7. Refreshed, reinvigorated, reformed.
  8. Newborn.
  9. Strange, unfamiliar or not previously known.
  10. Recently arrived or appeared.
  11. Inexperienced or unaccustomed at some task.
  12. Next; about to begin or recently begun.

adverb

  1. Synonym of newly, especially in composition.
  2. As new; from scratch.

noun

  1. Things that are new.
  2. A typically light-coloured lager brewed by the bottom-fermentation method.
  3. A naval cadet who has just embarked on training.

verb

  1. Synonym of new up.
  2. To make new; to recreate; to renew.

Etymology

From Middle English neowe, neue, new, newe, nywe, from Old English nēowe, nīewe, nīowe, nīwe, from Proto-West Germanic *niwi, from Proto-Germanic *niwjaz (“new”), from Proto-Indo-European *néwos, *néwyos (“new”). Compare also Old English nū (“now”). More at now. Doublet of nuevo, novuss, and neo-. Cognates Cognate with Scots new (“new”), North Frisian nai, nei, nii (“new”), Saterland Frisian näi…

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