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anew

anew

58 4.6
Again in a new way
  • adverb
  • /əˈnu/
  • Formal
translation icon : nuevamente
  • Understanding the concept of policy domains sets the stage for looking anew at the implementation of environmental review statutes.
  • begin anew
  • start anew
  • see things anew

And now as you graduate to begin anew, I wish that for you.

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Examples

  • We'll start anew, with you by my side as my queen.

  • I suppose it's sensible, rushing off to start life anew in the wide-open spaces.

  • As our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew.

  • Now I wish to see it anew as the century turns.

  • The challenge, then, is to think anew about responsible party government.

    Academic text (1992)
  • And now as you graduate to begin anew, I wish that for you.

  • What if they could help us see anew what we have merely looked at before?

    Blog text (2)
  • The age of chaos begins anew.

  • I am grateful to the authors of these articles for causing me to think anew about immigration history.

    Academic text (1999)
  • I want you, when I uncover your eyes, to see the world anew.

Synonyms

again
vsanew
1.0

One more time

specifies that the repetition happens in a new or different way
once again
vsanew
974 1.0

One more time

places emphasis on doing it in a new or different way
over again
vsanew
123 1.0

Again from the beginning

stresses doing it differently rather than only restarting the same way
afresh
vsanew
8 4.7

To start again in a new way

focuses on repetition specifically in a new or different way

How New

de novo
  • Formal
1 9.4
anew
  • Formal
58 4.6

Surface Forms

anew positive

Morphology

anew = new (semi-transparent) = a + new

The link to 'new' is recognizable, but the fossilized adverbial prefix 'a-' is not productive for most learners and the resulting meaning is lexicalized.

Etymology

Anew comes from the old prefix a- meaning 'on' and the word new meaning 'new', so it originally meant 'on new' or 'in a new way'. That's why anew means to do something again, but in a different or fresh way.