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new

adj
/njuː/UK/nju/CA/nu/

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 (“new”), West Frisian nij (“new”), Alemannic German nöi, nüüw (“new”), Bavarian neich (“new”), Cimbrian naüge (“new”), Dutch nieuw, nij (“new”), Dutch Low Saxon nij (“new”), German neu, new, neuw (“new”), Low German nee, neei (“new”), Luxembourgish nei (“new”), Vilamovian noj, noü (“new”), Yiddish נײַ (nay, “new”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish ny (“new”), Faroese nýggjur (“new”), Icelandic nýr (“new”), Gothic 𐌽𐌹𐌿𐌾𐌹𐍃 (niujis, “new”); also Breton nevez (“new”), Cornish nowydh, nowyth (“fresh, new”), Irish nua, nuadh (“new”), Manx noa (“fresh, new”), Scottish Gaelic nuadh (“fresh, new”), Welsh newydd (“new”), Latin novus (“new”), Greek νέος (néos, “young, youthful; modern, new”), Lithuanian naũjas (“new”), Belarusian но́вы (nóvy, “new”), Bulgarian and Macedonian нов (nov, “new”), Czech and Slovak nový (“new”), Polish nowy (“new”), Russian но́вый (nóvyj, “new”), Serbo-Croatian но̏в, nȍv (“new”), Slovene nov (“new”), Ukrainian нови́й (novýj, “new”), Armenian նոր (nor, “new”), Baluchi نوک (nok, “new”), Central Kurdish نوێ (nwê, “new”), Ossetian нӕуӕг (næwæg), ног (nog, “fresh, new; young”), Persian نو (naw / now, “new”), Mazanderani نو (nu, “new”), Northern Kurdish nû (“new”), Pashto نوی (nëway, “new”), Zazaki newe (“new”), Kamkata-viri nuy, nuyĩ (“new”), Prasuni unü (“new”), Hittite 𒉋𒀸 (nēwas, “fresh, new”), Luwian 𒈾𒀀𒌑𒉿𒋾 (nāúwati, “new”), Tocharian A ñu (“new”), Tocharian B ñuwe (“new”), Sanskrit नव (nava, “fresh, modern, new”), नव्य (navya, “new”).

  1. inherited from *néwos✻
  2. inherited from *niwjaz✻ — “new”
  3. inherited from *niwi✻
  4. inherited from nēowe
  5. inherited from neowe

Definitions

  1. Recently made, or created.

    • This is a new scratch on my car! The band just released a new album.
    • The cookers cost £350 new but £150 secondhand.

  2. Additional

    Additional; recently discovered.

    • We turned up some new evidence from the old files.

  3. Current or later, as opposed to former.

    • My new car is much better than my previous one, even though it is older. We had been in our new house for five years by then.
  4. ›+ 17 more definitions

    1. Used to distinguish something established more recently, named after something or some…

      Used to distinguish something established more recently, named after something or some place previously existing.

      • New Bond Street is an extension of Bond Street.

    2. In original condition

      In original condition; pristine; not previously worn or used.

      • Are you going to buy a new car or a second-hand one?

    3. Refreshed, reinvigorated, reformed.

      • That shirt is dirty. Go and put on a new one. I feel like a new person after a good night's sleep. After the accident, I saw the world with new eyes.

    4. Newborn.

      • My sister has a new baby, and our mother is excited to finally have a grandchild.

    5. Strange, unfamiliar or not previously known.

      • The idea was new to me. I need to meet new people.

    6. Recently arrived or appeared.

      • 'Twas early June, the new grass was flourishing everywheres, the posies in the yard—peonies and such—in full bloom, the sun was shining, and the water of the bay was blue, with light green streaks where the shoal showed.
      • Have you met the new guy in town? He is the new kid at school.

    7. Inexperienced or unaccustomed at some task.

      • Don't worry that you're new at this job; you'll get better with time. I'm new at this business, I'm still new to the work.

    8. Next

      Next; about to begin or recently begun.

      • We expect to grow at 10% annually in the new decade.

    9. Synonym of newly, especially in composition.

      • Near-synonym: recently
      • new-born, new-formed, new-found, new-mown hay, new-laid eggs

    10. As new

      As new; from scratch.

      • They are scraping the site clean to build new.

    11. Things that are new.

      • Out with the old, in with the new.

    12. A typically light-coloured lager brewed by the bottom-fermentation method.

    13. A naval cadet who has just embarked on training.

      • In the Britannia "news" were worms, to be trodden on […]

    14. Synonym of new up.

    15. To make new

      To make new; to recreate; to renew.

    16. A surname transferred from the nickname.

      • The surname, "New," appears on both Hampshire Co., Virginia and Pendleton Co., Kentucky records.

    17. Ellipsis of New College, Oxford.

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Derived

German New Guinea, New Abbey, New Aberdeen, New Abra, New Addington, New Administrative Capital, New Albany, New Albin, New Albion, New Alexander, New Alexandria, New Alresford, New Alsace, New Amsterdam, New Antioch, New Antique, New Ash Green, New Asturias, New Athens, New Auburn, New Auckland, New Augusta, New Australia, New Avon, New Baden, New Baguio, New Baltimore, New Bandon, New Barag, New Barbaza, New Barili, New Barn, New Barnet, New Basford, New Bavaria, New Beckenham, New Bedford, New Beith, New Berlin, New Bern · +656 more

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for new. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA