New Yearnoun [ C usually singular ]
also new year uk/ˌnjuː ˈjɪər/us/ˌnuː ˈjɪr/the beginning of the year that is about to begin or has just begun:
I'm spending New Year (= the first days of the new year) in Scotland with my parents.
We'll have to wait until the new year before we can make any definite plans.
Best wishes for Christmas and a Happy New Year.
More examples
- We celebrated New Year with friends.
- I'm going to start yoga again in the new year.
- The building work will happen in the new year.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Years & yearly
- ad
- Anno Domini
- annual
- annually
- annus horribilis
- BCE
- bicentenary
- calendar year
- CE
- centenary
- date
- financial year
- fiscal year
- leap year
- light year
- solar year
- tercentenary
- year end
- year's end
- yearly
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