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Definition

Adjective:
- Recently made, created, or discovered: Refers to something that has existed or been known for only a short time.
- Not existing before; original or novel: Describes something that is different from what existed previously.
- Unfamiliar or inexperienced: Describes a person who is not yet accustomed to a situation or task.
- Beginning again; renewed: Refers to something starting afresh or in a different manner.
- Modern or current: Describes something in the latest stage of development or fashion.
Adverb:
- Very recently; freshly: Indicates that an action was completed a short time ago.

Usage Examples

Adjective:
- She bought a new car. (It was recently manufactured or acquired.)
- This is a new idea. (It is original and has not been thought of before.)
- He is new to the company. (He has recently joined and is unfamiliar with it.)
- Let's start a new chapter. (Let's begin something fresh and different.)
- They study New English. (They study the modern form of the English language.)
Adverb:
- The bread was new-baked. (The bread was baked very recently.)
- They are a new-married couple. (They were married very recently.)

Advanced Usage

"to turn over a new leaf": to start behaving in a better way.
- After the incident, he decided to turn over a new leaf.
"new blood": new members of a group, especially young people with new ideas.
- The company needs some new blood to revitalize its projects.
"brand new": completely new.
- She was excited to wear her brand new dress.

Variants and Related Words

Newly (adv): very recently.
- a newly discovered planet.
Newness (n): the quality of being new.
- the newness of the experience.
Newfangled (adj): (often disapproving) newly developed and unfamiliar.
- I don't understand these newfangled gadgets.
Renew (v): to begin again; to make something like new again.
- to renew a contract; to renew one's energy.

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Related Phrases

New world: (often capitalized) the western hemisphere, especially the Americas.
- Explorers set sail for the New World.
New year: the period when a new calendar year begins.
- We celebrate the New Year on January 1st.

Adjective

unfamiliar
- new experiences
- experiences new to him
- errors of someone new to the job
(of crops) harvested at an early stage of development; before complete maturity
- new potatoes
- young corn
used of a living language; being the current stage in its development
- Modern English
- New Hebrew is Israeli Hebrew
in use after medieval times
- New Eqyptian was the language of the 18th to 21st dynasties
(of a new kind or fashion) gratuitously new
- newfangled ideas
- she buys all these new-fangled machines and never uses them
unaffected by use or exposure
- it looks like new
other than the former one(s); different
- they now have a new leaders
- my new car is four years old but has only 15,000 miles on it
- ready to take a new direction
having no previous example or precedent or parallel
- a time of unexampled prosperity
lacking training or experience
- the new men were eager to fight
- raw recruits
original and of a kind not seen before
- the computer produced a completely novel proof of a well-known theorem
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
- a new law
- new cars
- a new comet
- a new friend
- a new year
- the New World

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