New
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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.
Synonyms
- Fresh: recently made or obtained; not stale.
- Novel: new and original, not like anything seen before.
- Modern: relating to the present or recent times.
- Unfamiliar: not known or experienced before.
Antonyms
- Old: having existed for a long time.
- Used: not new; having had a previous owner.
- Familiar: well known from long or close association.
- Stale: no longer fresh or pleasant.
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
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unfamiliar
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new experiences
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experiences new to him
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errors of someone new to the job
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(of crops) harvested at an early stage of development; before complete maturity
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new potatoes
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young corn
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used of a living language; being the current stage in its development
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Modern English
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New Hebrew is Israeli Hebrew
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in use after medieval times
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New Eqyptian was the language of the 18th to 21st dynasties
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(of a new kind or fashion) gratuitously new
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newfangled ideas
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she buys all these new-fangled machines and never uses them
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unaffected by use or exposure
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it looks like new
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other than the former one(s); different
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they now have a new leaders
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my new car is four years old but has only 15,000 miles on it
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ready to take a new direction
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having no previous example or precedent or parallel
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a time of unexampled prosperity
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lacking training or experience
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the new men were eager to fight
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raw recruits
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original and of a kind not seen before
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the computer produced a completely novel proof of a well-known theorem
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not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
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a new law
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new cars
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a new comet
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a new friend
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a new year
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the New World
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Adverb
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very recently
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they are newly married
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newly raised objections
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a newly arranged hairdo
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grass new washed by the rain
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a freshly cleaned floor
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we are fresh out of tomatoes
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