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new line

new line

4 3.1
A break that moves text to the next line
  • noun
  • Specialized
translation icon : nueva línea
  • Nike Golf introduced its new line of VRS Covert Drivers, Woods, and Hybrids for the 2012-13 season.

Examples

  • Karl Storz proudly introduces a new line of Through Cutting, Tissue Sparing Forceps for Endoscopic Sinus Surgery.

    Academic text (1995)
  • To format the document correctly, please press enter to create a new line after each paragraph.

  • I need you to set up a new line for us.

  • So, I wrote a couple new lines.

  • Yeah, I got to put all new lines in.

  • Yeah, listen, I need a new line.

  • I wrote a new line.

  • Pull those new lines tight, Ernst.

  • The new line is expected to open one month after Eurostar begins running through the Channel Tunnel.

    Academic text (1993)
  • Moreover, the new line will allow passengers to transfer conveniently between trains and planes at Charles de Gaulle Airport, northeast of Paris.

    Academic text (1993)

Synonyms

end of the line
vsnew line
  • Specialized
1 5.3

The character that marks a break between lines of text

indicates an operation that makes following text begin on the next line
newline
vsnew line
  • Specialized
1 4.4

A special mark in computer text that ends a line and starts the next

is the same meaning but written as two separate words
carriage return
vsnew line
  • Specialized
1 7.0

A key or action that moves the cursor to the start of a new line

moves text down to the following line rather than only moving sideways
line feed
vsnew line
  • Specialized
6.3

A character that moves text to the start of the next line

is the general operation causing following text to begin on the next line
linefeed
vsnew line
  • Specialized
6.0

A special mark in text files that starts the next line

focuses on causing subsequent text to begin rather than file storage

Antonyms

56 3.6

An act of something keeping going without stopping

Surface Forms

new line singular
new lines plural

Morphology

new + line

The meaning is directly compositional: 'new' (added/next) + 'line' (a row of text) yields the idea of starting text on the next row. Although often used as a technical/printing term, the concept is cross-linguistically common and fully predictable from the constituents for a B1 learner who knows both words.

Etymology

The phrase new line comes from old typewriters and printers: when you reached the end of a row you moved the paper up to start a new line. So today new line means 'move the text to the next line'.