novel
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5.1
- adjective
- /ˈnɑːvəl/
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novedoso
- The aim is to demonstrate that the community can be involved in novel ways with innovative curricula.
- a novel way
- a novel approach
- a novel technique
Like usually if an idea is truly novel, you could see it.
- Like usually if an idea is truly novel, you could see it.
- But we in fact did something novel which had not been done earlier.
- So that was a super new novel concept.
- So the urge to live on Mars would be novel initially, I think.
- This is a new strain, hence the term novel coronavirus.
- Better use of knowledge and then most novel is better rights.
- Put yourself in new novel situations to discern what you like.
- And there's something novel with these trials, new kinds of crimes.
Examples
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At the same time, it can address novel developments in the modern Western world.
Academic text (1999) -
Education abroad is no longer a novel concept in higher education.
Academic text (2011) -
But we in fact did something novel which had not been done earlier.
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With creative thought, pupils come up with novel ideas unique to the self.
Academic text (1999) -
This is a truly novel ingredient.
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You have a novel way of expressing it.
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Community Theatre, no doubt, is a novel development in formalized theatre practice.
Academic text (2011) -
Well, I thought, here's a novel way to begin the new century.
Fiction book (2002) -
So this is a very novel undertaking for a memoir.
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Scientists are constantly looking for novel methods to combat climate change.
Synonyms
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1.0
Recently made or found and not seen before
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2.0
Not usual and not like what people expect
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1.0
New and not used before
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6.3
Has never happened before
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6.7
Very unusual because it has never happened before
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3.0
New or different in a way that feels pleasant and cheerful
Antonyms
Compounds
- Literature
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2.7
A story about a crime in which a detective tries to find who did it
- Archaic
1
8.5
A cheap exciting paperback story of adventure popular in late 1800s America
- Specialized
A serious lung disease caused by a new coronavirus that began in 2019 and causes fever, cough, and breathing difficulty
How Original
Surface Forms
Etymology
Novel comes from the Latin novus meaning 'new' and shares the same root as novice. That's why novel means 'new', 'original', or 'unusual'.