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new

new

1.0
Recently made or found and not seen before
  • adjective
  • /nuː/
translation icon : nuevo
  • She has just launched a new website for her photography business.
  • new technology
  • create a new product
  • develop new technology

Like film is a whole new term, I think.

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Examples

  • And we're going to be trying out a new platform for that.

  • Reflection helps us look at situations in a new way; it keeps us connected to ourselves.

    Academic text (2011)
  • I feel like I want to start this new series.

  • First project in the new shop is done.

  • This is going to be the new studio.

  • Now, one of the great new features on the 2011 model...

  • Must be quite a new experience for you.

  • In fact, in this new frontier, you can fly.

  • At this time, the firm was casting around for a new approach to building software.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Ladies and gentleman, please join me in a toast to our new recruit.

Synonyms

recent
vsnew
1.0

Happening not long ago

emphasizes first-time existence or originality rather than timing
fresh
vsnew
306 1.0

New and not used before

can include previous existence or discovery as well as unused original
original
vsnew
250 3.6

New and different, not copied from others

can mean recent or different without implying first-of-kind status
235 6.3

Has never happened before

focuses on being without precedent, not only on recent origination
newfound
vsnew
80 3.9

Recently found or felt for the first time

covers recent creation or origin as well as recent discovery
novel
vsnew
72 5.1

New and different, not seen or done before

is broader, covering recent creation or discovery besides being unusual
unheard-of
vsnew
57 6.7

Very unusual because it has never happened before

stresses prior unawareness rather than simply recent making or discovery
newfangled
vsnew
9 7.9

Recently made and thought too modern or unnecessary

can be neutral about novelty, not always disapproving about modernity
new-made
vsnew
1 3.0

Created only recently and not used before

includes recent discovery and first-time originality not only production
neoteric
vsnew
1 9.3

New and modern in style

is broader, meaning recent existence or originality beyond modern style
new-sprung
vsnew
7.6

Recently appeared or started to exist

covers both recent origin and first-time originality beyond sudden appearance
unexampled
vsnew
9.6

Not seen or done before

usually denotes first-ever occurrence rather than merely recent creation

Antonyms

old
1.0

A thing that has existed for a long time and is not new

1.0

Happening before now or before another event

Idioms

what's new
  • Informal
48 2.4

To ask what has happened recently in someone's life

8 3.7

A person or thing new to a group that others do not know yet

Seen in a different way that shows new sides

5 7.2

A person new in charge who makes rules stricter

3 9.8

To scold someone very harshly

new kid in town
  • Informal
2 4.3

A person new to a place who people notice

2 9.9

To scold someone angrily

The beginning of a new time that offers a fresh start

To show or announce the start of a big change

Very bright and shiny, like a new coin

1 7.5

Someone presents a known idea as if it were new

9.9

A playful reason to buy something new

9.9

A joking reply that pretends not to know someone who messages you

New ideas put into an old way that do not bring real change

7.9

To change habits and try to be better at the start of the year

Create new ways to make progress or grow

9.1

To show you have recently become rich in a loud, flashy way

Compounds

736 1.0

A very large city in the United States known for many landmarks and businesses

321 1.2

Completely new and never used

197 1.0

The first day of the year when people celebrate with parties and fireworks

168 1.0

A northeastern US state with Albany as capital and New York City as its largest city

146 2.8

A person born in or living in New York City

125 1.0

The last evening of the year when people celebrate before midnight

122 1.5

A region in the northeast of the United States made up of six states

87 5.1

A situation that offers new chances and experiences

76 1.0

The time at the start of a calendar year

A state in the northeast of the United States with Albany as its capital

60 2.3

Second part of the Christian Bible that tells about Jesus and the early church

46 4.2

The continents of North and South America that Europeans settled from the late 1400s

45 2.7

A recent function added to a product or app to help users

A large place in New York where people buy and sell shares of companies

30 4.4

A set of government programs in the 1930s in the United States to fight the Great Depression

30 3.4

A time of big change in someone's life after an important event

new species
  • Specialized
26 4.9

A group of living things not known to science before

The first day of the year, celebrated as a public holiday on 1 January

18 4.9

A group of artists or writers who introduce new ideas and styles

16 3.2

A higher level of success than before

15 3.3

An exciting experience that is not familiar and brings new challenges

14 4.8

People or families who recently became rich and show their wealth publicly

A common way of living or working after a big change

12 3.9

A town planned and built in a new area with houses, shops, and schools

11 3.0

A version of a book that contains changes and is printed again

10 3.7

An area or subject that is unfamiliar and not tried before

9 2.8

A thin crescent of the Moon that first appears after a dark period

An extra part that makes something more detailed or interesting

8 4.1

A series of government reforms and programs in the United States from 1933 to 1940 under President Roosevelt

8 4.1

A tender cut of beef from the upper part of the cow's back often cooked as a steak

7 2.7

A new song that many people like and play a lot

New York minute
  • Informal
5 7.2

A very short moment when something happens

new line
  • Specialized
4 3.1

A break that moves text to the next line

new ballgame
  • Informal
3 6.1

A situation that is very different and needs a new way to act or think

3 4.0

A time that brings a fresh start after a long hard time

3 4.6

A large government program of reforms and public spending based on 1930s United States policies

3 4.2

A person who was born in or now lives in New Mexico

3 7.5

A movement in 1950s and 1960s French films that used new ways of telling stories and showing images

A state in the southeast of Australia with Sydney as its capital

3 3.4

A page that lists recent changes and new features in an app or website

A pleasant smell inside a brand new car

2 1.0

A young leaf that has just started to grow on a plant

new math
  • Archaic
2 7.9

A way of teaching math that focuses on underlying ideas like sets and rules

2 7.5

A plant with small purple, pink or white flowers that bloom in autumn

New Look
  • Archaic
1 6.9

A style of women's clothes with a tight top, small waist, and a full skirt

A solemn Jewish festival that marks the start of the year with prayers and the blowing of a horn

A large area including New York City and its nearby suburbs

New Dealer
  • Archaic
1 7.4

A person who supported government programs to help people during the 1930s

new hotness
  • Slang
1 8.5

A thing that many people like and find exciting right now

A fresh start that makes something lively and useful again

1 5.9

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

1 8.4

An effort by the Catholic Church to bring people back to faith where it is declining

1 6.7

Jazz music after 1940 that uses new ideas and different forms

New Latin
  • Formal
1 8.5

A form of Latin used since the Renaissance for science, study, and naming plants and animals

new penny
  • Archaic
1 5.3

A coin worth one hundredth of a pound first made in Britain in 1971

1 8.4

A communist armed group formed in 1969 to fight the Philippine government

The main offices of the London police and their detectives

The official money of New Zealand

A feeling that something is fresh and new, not a real smell

1 6.1

Recently cut grass or hay that still smells fresh

5.5

Completely new and never used

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

New ideas coming into a group or place to help it change

New Caledonian pine
  • Australian
7.7

A very tall evergreen tree from New Caledonia that looks like a Norfolk Island pine

New Caledonian yew
  • Australian
8.9

A large evergreen tree from New Caledonia that is grown in Australia, New Zealand, and Hawaii

new criticism
  • Archaic
9.5

A way of studying literature that focuses on a text's language and form, not the author's life or history

Food from a culture you have not tried before, often from other countries

A modern English translation of the Bible used for reading and study

A national park of woods and open land in southern England known for wild ponies

new dunny
  • Slang
9.4

A newly built toilet often an outdoor one at a camp

A plant that lives for many years with tall stems and purple or pink flower heads that blooms in autumn

How New

novel
72 5.1
brand-new
321 1.2
new
1.0
fresh
778 1.0
recent
1.0

Surface Forms

new positive
newer comparative
newest superlative

Etymology

New comes from an old English word meaning 'recent' or 'fresh', and it is like the German neu; think of renew ('make new') or news ('new things'). So new means something recently made, found, or original.