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new adjective [ njuː ]

• produced, introduced, or discovered recently or now for the first time; not existing before.
• "the new Madonna album"
Similar: recently developed, newly discovered, brand new, up to the minute, up to date, latest, current, state-of-the-art, contemporary, present-day, advanced, recent, modern, newly arrived, newborn, novel, fresh, original, unhackneyed, imaginative, creative, experimental, new-fashioned, modernist, newfangled, modish, ultra-modern, avant-garde, futuristic, way out, far out,
Opposite: old, existing, old-fashioned, stale, hackneyed,
• already existing but seen, experienced, or acquired recently or now for the first time.
• "her new bike"
• beginning anew and in a transformed way.
• "starting a new life"

new adverb

• newly; recently.
• "new-mown hay"
Origin: Old English nīwe, 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’.

a new one

• an account, idea, or joke not previously encountered by someone.
"somebody being too lazy to talk—that's a new one on me"

what's new

• (said on greeting someone) what's going on? how are you?
"‘Hello Preston, what's new?’"



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