newadjective
uk/njuː/us/nuː/new adjective (RECENTLY CREATED)
A1 recently created or having started to exist recently:
a new car
She's very creative and always coming up with new ideas.
What have they decided to name the new baby?
What's new in the fashion world?
We have to invest in new technology if we are to remain competitive.
See also
brand new
More examples
- I'm going to check out that new club.
- The company cited a 12% decline in new orders as evidence that overall demand for its products was falling.
- Her new book has received fulsome praise from the critics.
- The new development will generate 1500 new jobs.
- Have you heard their new record? It's really funky.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
New
- a breath of fresh air idiom
- afresh
- brand new
- brave new
- break the mould idiom
- breath
- injection
- innovation
- innovative
- latest
- latter-day
- mint
- minute 1
- neo-
- novelty
- original
- originality
- pristine
- revolutionary
- the avant-garde
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new adjective (DIFFERENT)
A1 [ before noun ] different from one that existed earlier:
Have you met the new secretary?
She's looking for a new job.
Have you seen Ann's new house (= where she has just started living)?
They've just launched a new generation of computers that are much more powerful than earlier models.
More examples
- The citizens of Moscow woke up this morning to find they had a new government.
- Buying our new house has completely cleaned us out.
- I have to spend three months of the year away from home - but there are compensations like the chance to meet new people.
- Under the union constitution, a new committee must be elected each year.
- Barker introduced some radically new ideas.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Different and difference
- a breath of fresh air idiom
- a whole new ballgame idiom
- a world of difference idiom
- alternative
- another
- clash
- contrary
- differential
- distinction
- distinctive
- distorted
- diverge
- divergence
- divide
- permutation
- refreshing
- several
- step
- sundry
- tangential
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new adjective (NOT FAMILIAR)
B1 [ after verb ] not yet familiar or experienced:
to be new to the area
She's new to the job so you can't expect her to know everything yet.
More examples
- The good thing about children is that they adapt very easily to new environments.
- He was new to the village and was treated with suspicion by the locals.
- The extra power of the car was still new to her.
- As he was new to the job, he became the butt of several practical jokes.
- The animals were unsettled by their new surroundings.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Inexperienced (of people)
- armchair
- be new to this game idiom
- be wet behind the ears idiom
- dewy-eyed
- fledgling
- game
- green
- inexperienced
- innocence
- innocent
- raw
- rouseabout
- rubbish
- the uninitiated
- uninformed
- unrefined
- unsophisticated
- untrained
- untutored
- wet
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new adjective (NOT USED)
not previously used or owned:
Used car sales have risen because of the increased cost of new cars.
Did you buy your bike new or second-hand?
See also
brand new
More examples
- Demand for new cars has fallen due to the recession.
- Although it has hardly been used, I got it for half of what you would pay for a new one.
- I couldn't afford to buy a new car, so I went for a second-hand one.
- Although the car had two previous owners, It looked as good as new.
- The showroom was full of gleaming new cars.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
New
- a breath of fresh air idiom
- afresh
- brand new
- brave new
- break the mould idiom
- breath
- injection
- innovation
- innovative
- latest
- latter-day
- mint
- minute 1
- neo-
- novelty
- original
- originality
- pristine
- revolutionary
- the avant-garde
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new adjective (RECENTLY DISCOVERED)
A1 recently discovered or made known:
This new cancer treatment offers hope to many sufferers.
A retrial can only take place when new evidence has emerged.
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- There are doubts about the effectiveness of the new drug in treating the disease.
- The new pill will be used alongside existing medicines.
- We shall need to evaluate how the new material stands up to wear and tear.
- Evaluation of this new treatment cannot take place until all the data has been collected.
- The exploration for new sources of energy is vital for the future of our planet.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
New
- a breath of fresh air idiom
- afresh
- brand new
- brave new
- break the mould idiom
- breath
- injection
- innovation
- innovative
- latest
- latter-day
- mint
- minute 1
- neo-
- novelty
- original
- originality
- pristine
- revolutionary
- the avant-garde
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newness
noun [ U ] uk/ˈnjuː.nəs/us/ˈnuː.nəs/
Kids lose their enthusiasm for things when the sense of newness wears off.
Idiom(s)
be the new sth
feel like a new woman/man
a new broom sweeps clean
the new kid on the block
a new lease of life
that's a new one on me.
newnoun [ U ]
uk/njuː/us/nuː/the new
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- He always enjoys the new.
- She is only interested in the new and the fashionable.
new things:
Out with the old and in with the new.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
New
- a breath of fresh air idiom
- afresh
- brand new
- brave new
- break the mould idiom
- breath
- injection
- innovation
- innovative
- latest
- latter-day
- mint
- minute 1
- neo-
- novelty
- original
- originality
- pristine
- revolutionary
- the avant-garde
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