new
Listen:Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
new/njuː/
▶adjective
- 1 made, introduced, or discovered recently or now for the first time; not existing before.
■ not previously used or owned.
■ (of vegetables) harvested early in the season.
- 2 seen, experienced, or acquired recently or now for the first time: her new bike.
■ (new to) unfamiliar or strange to.
■ (new to/at) inexperienced at or unaccustomed to.
■ (in place names) discovered or founded later than and named after.
- 3 reinvigorated, restored, or reformed.
■ superseding and more advanced than others of the same kind: the new architecture.
– derivatives
newish adjective,
newness noun.
newish adjective,
newness noun.
– origin OE nīwe, nēowe, of Gmc origin.
'new' also found in these Oxford entries:
A & R
- Abba
- accession
- acclimatize
- adapt
- adaptable
- adjust
- adventurous
- affix
- afresh
- aftermath
- alibi
- alienable
- alluvion
- anew
- angiogenesis
- angioma
- antechinus
- Antipodes
- anyone
- Anzac
- Apache
- apperception
- Arctic
- Armageddon
- art nouveau
- Australasian
- avant-garde
- Babism
- ball
- ball game
- bandicoot
- baptism
- bastardize
- Beaujolais Nouveau
- bellbird
- Bible
- big
- black bun
- blog
- blood
- blue law
- board
- booay
- borough
- bossa nova
- Braeburn
- branch
- brand new
- breathe
