Things that are new.
"The store has a display of brand-new electronics waiting to be bought."
Synonym of new up
"The old car needed to be completely rebuilt from scratch, so it was essentially brand new again."
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
"a new law"
"new cars"
"a new comet"
"a new friend"
"a new year"
"the New World"
having no previous example or precedent or parallel
"a time of unexampled prosperity"
other than the former one(s); different
"they now have a new leaders"
"my new car is four years old but has only 15,000 miles on it"
"ready to take a new direction"
(often followed by `to') unfamiliar
"new experiences"
"experiences new to him"
"errors of someone new to the job"
Recently made, or created.
"The team has just finished building their new headquarters in downtown Chicago."
In plain English: New means something that has just been made, created, or arrived for the first time.
"I bought a new coat for winter."
Newly (especially in composition).
"The freshly baked bread still had a warm, new smell that filled the kitchen."
In plain English: New means something that has just happened, been made, or started very recently.
"The new year feels like a fresh start for everyone."
A surname, from nicknames.
"The New family has lived in this valley for generations, tracing their name back to an ancestor known as John the Younger."
The word new comes from the Proto-Indo-European root *néwyos, which originally meant "new." It traveled through Old English and Middle English to reach its current form in modern English.