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/n/u/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

adjective

  1. not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered

    adj.all

    Examples
    A new law.
    New cars.
    A new comet.
    A new friend.
    A new year.
    The New World.
    Antonyms old

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  2. unaffected by use or exposure

    adj.all

    Examples
    It looks like new.
    Antonyms worn

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  3. Having existed, or having been made, but a short time; having originated or occured lately; having recently come into existence, or into one's possession; not early or long in being; of late origin; recent; fresh; modern; -- opposed to <i>old</i>, as, a <i>new</i> coat; a <i>new</i> house; a <i>new</i> book; a <i>new</i> fashion.

    adjective

    Source: webster1913

adverb

  1. very recently

    adv.all

    Examples
    They are newly married.
    Newly raised objections.
    A newly arranged hairdo.
    Grass new washed by the rain.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  2. Newly; recently.

    adverb

    Source: webster1913

adjective satellite

  1. original and of a kind not seen before

    adj.all

    Synonyms fresh novel

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  2. lacking training or experience

    adj.all

    Examples
    The new men were eager to fight.
    Synonyms raw

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  3. having no previous example or precedent or parallel

    adj.all

    Synonyms unexampled

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  4. other than the former one(s); different

    adj.all

    Examples
    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.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  5. (of a new kind or fashion) gratuitously new

    adj.all

    Examples
    Newfangled ideas.
    She buys all these new-fangled machines and never uses them.
    Synonyms newfangled

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  6. in use after medieval times

    adj.all

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

    Source: WordNet 3.0

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

    adj.all

    Examples
    New Hebrew is Israeli Hebrew.
    Synonyms modern

    Source: WordNet 3.0

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

    adj.all

    Examples
    New potatoes.
    Synonyms young

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  9. unfamiliar

    adj.all

    Examples
    New experiences.
    Experiences new to him.
    Errors of someone new to the job.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

verb

  1. To make new; to renew.

    verb

    Source: webster1913

Nearby words

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