new
- adjective
- /nuː/
- I bought a pair of new shoes that have never been worn.
- brand new
- a new car
- new equipment
Do not buy new books from the bookstore.
- Do not buy new books from the bookstore.
- That huge gap between second hand and new is your potential.
- So those are my beautiful new oak windows.
- I need a new car, and in my case, new really means used.
- And I do love a really new sharp pair of these.
Examples
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Oh, my God, I love this new hair.
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I know she just moved into her new place...
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Guys, I love my new shoes so much.
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Oh, is that your new book from last night?
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I think you just became my new best friend.
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I bought a new hat.
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All right time to drive the new Golf R.
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And we realized we're getting our new TV up next week.
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So those are my beautiful new oak windows.
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My robes still had that new robe smell.
Synonyms
Completely new and never used
New and not used before
A thing that is still new and never touched
Not used and still like new
Created only recently and not used before
Completely new and never used
In perfect condition as if new
In normal condition with no signs of wear
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
A very large city in the United States known for many landmarks and businesses
A northeastern US state with Albany as capital and New York City as its largest city
The continents of North and South America that Europeans settled from the late 1400s
A large place in New York where people buy and sell shares of companies
A set of government programs in the 1930s in the United States to fight the Great Depression
A series of government reforms and programs in the United States from 1933 to 1940 under President Roosevelt
A tender cut of beef from the upper part of the cow's back often cooked as a steak
A large government program of reforms and public spending based on 1930s United States policies
A movement in 1950s and 1960s French films that used new ways of telling stories and showing images
A solemn Jewish festival that marks the start of the year with prayers and the blowing of a horn
A monkey from Central and South America with a flat nose and often a tail that can hold things
A thick creamy soup from New England made with clams, potatoes, onions, and milk
- Jargon
An effort by the Catholic Church to bring people back to faith where it is declining
- Formal
A form of Latin used since the Renaissance for science, study, and naming plants and animals
- NSFW
A communist armed group formed in 1969 to fight the Philippine government
Two large bridges that cross the Mississippi River at New Orleans and carry vehicles
A country in the eastern half of New Guinea island in the southwest Pacific since 1975
- Australian
A very tall evergreen tree from New Caledonia that looks like a Norfolk Island pine
- Australian
A large evergreen tree from New Caledonia that is grown in Australia, New Zealand, and Hawaii
- Archaic
A way of studying literature that focuses on a text's language and form, not the author's life or history
A plant that lives for many years with tall stems and purple or pink flower heads that blooms in autumn
How New
Surface Forms
Etymology
New originally meant 'fresh' or 'not used' and is like the idea in renew ('make new'); picture a box that has never been opened. So new means in its original, unused condition.