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New has 16 different meanings across 3 categories:

Adjective · Adverb · Proper Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

Things that are new.

"The store has a display of brand-new electronics waiting to be bought."

Verb
1

Synonym of new up

"The old car needed to be completely rebuilt from scratch, so it was essentially brand new again."

Adjective
1

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"

new
2

original and of a kind not seen before

"the computer produced a completely novel proof of a well-known theorem"

3

lacking training or experience

"the new men were eager to fight"

"raw recruits"

4

having no previous example or precedent or parallel

"a time of unexampled prosperity"

5

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"

new
6

unaffected by use or exposure

"it looks like new"

new
7

in use after medieval times

"New Eqyptian was the language of the 18th to 21st dynasties"

New
8

used of a living language; being the current stage in its development

"Modern English"

"New Hebrew is Israeli Hebrew"

9

(of crops) harvested at an early stage of development; before complete maturity

"new potatoes"

"young corn"

10

(often followed by `to') unfamiliar

"new experiences"

"experiences new to him"

"errors of someone new to the job"

new
11

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."

Adverb
1

very recently

"they are newly married"

"newly raised objections"

"a newly arranged hairdo"

"grass new washed by the rain"

"a freshly cleaned floor"

"we are fresh out of tomatoes"

2

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."

Proper Noun
1

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."

Example Sentences
"I bought a new coat for winter." adj
"The new year feels like a fresh start for everyone." adv
"She has been recently promoted to manager." adv
"The project was just completed yesterday." adv
"They moved in only last week." adv
See Also
city modern baby fresh young current statue colony
Related Terms
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Antonyms
old worn

Origin

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.

Rhyming Words
snew knew enew anew ennew vinew sinew finew agnew venew renew benew besnew of new try new see new unsinew desinew seminew like new
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