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   new

   /njuː/

   adjective

   • 1. produced, introduced, or discovered recently or now for the first time; not existing before: "the new Madonna album" Similar recently developednewly discoveredbrand newup to the minuteup to datelatestcurrentstate-of-the-artcontemporarypresent-dayadvancedrecentmodernnewly arrivednewbornnovelfreshoriginalunhackneyedimaginativecreativeexperimentalnew-fashionedcontemporarymodernistup to datenewfangledmodishultra-modernavant-gardefuturisticinformal:way outfar outOpposite oldexistingold-fashionedstalehackneyed
   • ▪ not previously used or owned: "a second-hand bus costs a fraction of a new one" Similar unusedbrand newas newpristinefreshmintin mint conditionOpposite second-handused
   • ▪ of recent origin or arrival: "a new baby"
   • ▪ (of vegetables) dug or harvested early in the season: "new potatoes"
   • 2. already existing but seen, experienced, or acquired recently or now for the first time: "her new bike"
   • ▪ unfamiliar or strange to (someone): "a way of living that was new to me"
   • ▪ inexperienced at or unaccustomed to (an activity): "I'm quite new to gardening"
   • ▪ different from a recent previous one: "I have a new assistant" Similar differentanotheralternativechangedunfamiliarunknownstrangeunaccustomeduntriedOpposite present
   • ▪ in addition to another or others already existing: "looking for new business" Similar additionaladdedextraincreasedmoresupplementarysupplementalfurtheranotherfreshOpposite existing
   • ▪ discovered or founded later than and named after: "New York"
   • 3. beginning anew and in a transformed way: "starting a new life"
   • ▪ (of a person) reinvigorated: "a bottle of pills would make him a new man" Similar reinvigoratedrestoredrevivedimprovedrefreshedregeneratedrebornrenewedremodelled
   • ▪ superseding and more advanced than another or others of the same kind: "the new architecture"
   • ▪ reviving another or others of the same kind: "the New Bohemians"

   adverb

   • 1. newly; recently: "new-mown hay"

   Word Origin Old Englishnīwe, nēowe, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch nieuw and German neu, from an Indo-European root shared by Sanskrit nava, Latin novus, and Greek neos ‘new’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. newish adjective

   Scrabble Points: 6

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