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- (international standards)ISO 639-2 &ISO 639-3language code forNewar.
FromMiddle Englishnewe, fromOld Englishnīewe, fromProto-West Germanic*niwi, fromProto-Germanic*niwjaz, fromProto-Indo-European*néwyos(“new”), from*néwos.
Cognates
Cognate withScotsnew(“new”),West Frisiannij(“new”),Dutchnieuw(“new”),Low Germannee(“new”),Germanneu(“new”), Danish, Norwegian andSwedishny(“new”),Icelandicnýr(“new”),Faroesenýggjur(“new”),Latinnovus(“new”),Ancient Greekνέος(néos,“new”),Welshnewydd(“new”),Russianно́вый(nóvyj,“new”),Armenianնոր(nor,“new”),Persianنو(now,“new”),Northern Kurdishnû(“new”),Hindiनया(nayā,“new”),Tocharian Bñuwe(“new”).
Compare alsoOld Englishnū(“now”). More atnow.Doublet ofnuevo andnovuss.
new (comparativenewer,superlativenewest)
- Recentlymade, orcreated.
This is anew scratch on my car! The band just released anew album.
2007 January 30, Karen Crouse, “Dash of Success Spices Up Gould’s Neighborhood”, inThe New York Times[1]:Within a half-hour, Gould (pronounced GOLD) was stirring in pieces of breaded and sautéed chicken, pouring the finished sauce over fettucini noodles cooked al dente and serving one of thenewest entrees from his growing recipe file — rustic chicken — to Tanner, his 9-year-old twin brothers, Colton and Austin, and their parents.
2007 May 24, David Pogue, “How to Make Your Cellphone Act Like a BlackBerry”, inThe New York Times[2]:Only a few nonsmart models, primarilynewer Razr models and a few Nokia phones, can run Yahoo Go. And once again, no Verizon phones need apply.
2013 July 19,Timothy Garton Ash, “Where Dr Pangloss meets Machiavelli”, inThe Guardian Weekly, volume189, number 6, page18:Hidden behind thickets of acronyms and gorse bushes of detail, anew great game is under way across the globe. Some call it geoeconomics, but it's geopolitics too. The current power play consists of an extraordinary range of countries simultaneously sitting down to negotiate big free trade and investment agreements.
- Ofrecent origin; having taken placerecently.
I can't see you for a while; the pain is still toonew. Did you see thenewKing Lear at the theatre?
- Additional; recentlydiscovered.
We turned up somenew evidence from the old files.
- Current orlater, as opposed toformer.
Mynew car is much better than my previous one, even though it is older. We had been in ournew house for five years by then.
- Used to distinguish something established more recently,named after something or some place previously existing.
New Bond Street is an extension of Bond Street.
- Inoriginalcondition;pristine; not previously worn or used.
Are you going to buy anew car or a second-hand one?
- Refreshed,reinvigorated,reformed.
That shirt is dirty. Go and put on anew one. I feel like anew person after a good night's sleep. After the accident, I saw the world withnew eyes.
- Newborn.
My sister has anew baby, and our mother is excited to finally have a grandchild.
- Strange,unfamiliar or not previouslyknown.
2013 July 6, “The rise of smart beta”, inThe Economist, volume408, number8843, page68:Investors face a quandary. Cash offers a return of virtually zero in many developed countries; government-bond yields may have risen in recent weeks but they are still unattractive. Equities have suffered two big bear markets since 2000 and are wobbling again. It is hardly surprising that pension funds, insurers and endowments are searching fornew sources of return.
The idea wasnew to me. I need to meetnew people.
- Recentlyarrived orappeared.
1913,Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter I, inMr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y., London:D[aniel] Appleton and Company,→OCLC:'Twas early June, thenew 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 thenew guy in town? He is thenew kid at school.
- Inexperienced orunaccustomed at some task.
Don't worry that you'renew at this job; you'll get better with time. I'mnew at this business.
- (of a period of time)Next; about tobegin or recentlybegun.
We expect to grow at 10% annually in thenew decade.
- (recently made, created, or appeared):brand new,recent,neo-,ceno-
- (additional, recently discovered):recent
- (current or later):current
- (in original condition, pristine):brand new, brandspanking new,mint,pristine
- (refreshed, reinvigorated, reformed):born-again,reformed,refreshed,reinvigorated,revived
- (newborn):newborn,young
- (of recent origin):fresh
- (strange, unfamiliar):strange,unfamiliar
- (recently arrived or appeared):novel,singular
- (inexperienced, unaccustomed):brand new,green
- See alsoThesaurus:new
- (antonym(s) of“recently made, created, or appeared”):ancient,dated,old
- (antonym(s) of“additional, recently discovered”):dated,old
- (antonym(s) of“current or later”):former,old
- (antonym(s) of“distinguishing something established more recently”):old
- (antonym(s) of“in original condition, pristine”):old,used,worn
- (antonym(s) of“refreshed, reinvigorated, reformed”):old
- (antonym(s) of“young”):old
- (antonym(s) of“of recent origin”):original,previous
- (antonym(s) of“strange, unfamiliar”):familiar,old
- (antonym(s) of“recently arrived or appeared”):established
- (antonym(s) of“inexperienced, unaccustomed”):accustomed,experienced,expert
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new (comparativemorenew,superlativemostnew)
- Synonym ofnewly, especially in composition.
- Synonym:freshly
- Near-synonym:recently
- new-born,new-formed,new-found,new-mown
- As new;from scratch.
- Synonyms:anew;afresh
They are scraping the site clean to buildnew.
new (countable anduncountable,pluralnews)
- (withthe, invariable plural only) Things that are new.
Out with the old, in with thenew.
- (Australia, uncountable) A typically light-colouredlager brewed by the bottom-fermentation method.
- Antonym:old
- (UK, naval slang, countable) Anavalcadet who has justembarked ontraining.
1956,Naval Review (London), volume44, page286:In the Britannia "news" were worms, to be trodden on[…]
new (third-person singular simple presentnews,present participlenewing,simple past and past participlenewed)
- (programming)Synonym ofnew up
- (obsolete) Tomake new; torecreate; torenew.
new (strong nominative masculine singularnewer,comparativenewer,superlativeamnewestenoramnewsten)
- Obsolete spelling ofneu.
- 1552, Hans Gerle,EinNewes sehr künstlichs Lautenbuch (printed in Nürnberg)
- 1581,Einnew Kochbuch / Das ist Ein grundtliche beschreibung […] (printed in Frankfurt am Main)
- 1629, Johann Deucer,EinNewes, Schönes, sehr Nützliches Betbuch (printed in Leipzig)
1653,Einnewes Lied: Welches bey der Römischen Königlichen Crönung Ferdinandi deß Vierten in Regenspürg den 18. Junij 1653 ist musiciert worden:
1706, Moritz Pfleyer,Gedeonische Wunder-Fakel auff einnewes entzündt in dem glorwürdigen heiligen Blut-Zeugen Christi Leontio:
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Malecite-Passamaquoddy
[edit]FromProto-Algonquian*nye·wi(“four”).
new (initial rootnew-)
- four (in counting)
new
- Alternative form ofnewe
new
- Alternative form ofnoy
From rootnew- (“see”).
new
- uninflected form ofnewook'
FromProto-Iranian*Hnáwa, fromProto-Indo-Iranian*Hnáwa. Related toPersianنه(noh).
new
- nine
