newˈness noun

New Age noun

1. (also without caps) a cultural trend that emerged in the late 1980s, concerned with the union of mind, body and spirit, expressed through popular interest in a variety of beliefs and disciplines, including mysticism, meditation, astrology and holistic medicine
2. (also New Age music) a dreamy style of music of the late 1980s, usu using synthesizers

New-Ageˈ adjective

New Ageism noun

(also without caps) the New-Age movement

New Ager noun

(also without caps) someone involved or interested in the New-Age movement

New-Age Traveller noun

A member of an itinerant group of people adopting an alternative lifestyle and New-Age principles

new Australian noun

An immigrant to Australia

new birth noun

Renewal, esp spiritual

new blood noun

1. (a person with) fresh talent
2. (a person exercising) a revitalizing influence

newˈ-blown adjective

Just come into bloom

newˈborn adjective

Newly born

noun

A newborn baby

new broom noun (figurative) see new brooms sweep clean under broom

new chum noun (informal)

1. A newly-arrived and inexperienced immigrant to Australia or New Zealand
2. A beginner, novice (Aust sl)

New Church or New Jerusalem Church noun

The Swedenborgian Church

newˈcome adjective

Recently arrived

newˈcomer noun

1. Someone who has lately come
2. A beginner

newˈ-Commonwealth adjective

Of or belonging to members of the Commonwealth who joined after World War II

newˈ-create transitive verb (Shakespeare)

To create anew

new critic noun

A practitioner of new criticism

new criticism noun

Literary criticism that concentrates on the text and rejects historical and biographical background information as unnecessary to an understanding of the work

New Deal noun

1. Franklin D Roosevelt's policies for prosperity and social improvement in the United States, 1933–40
2. A UK government initiative on employment launched in 1998
3. (without caps) any new arrangements or conditions considered better than previous ones

New Economic Policy noun

The Soviet economic programme from 1921 to 1928, which allowed some private ownership of business

new economy noun

The part of the economy based on computer, communications and information technologies (cf old economy)

newˈ-economy adjective

New Englander noun

A native or citizen of any of the New England states (Connecticut, Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont and Massachusetts)

New English Bible noun

A translation of the Bible and Apocrypha supervised by a committee formed of representatives from all the major British Christian denominations, first published in 1970

new Europe noun

The countries of eastern Europe, esp those that joined the EU in or after 2004

newˈ-fallen adjective

Newly fallen

newfangled see separate entry.

newˈ-fashˈioned adjective

1. Made in a new way or fashion
2. Lately come into fashion

newˈ-fledged adjective

Having just got feathers

new for old noun

The basis for a house contents insurance policy claim that disregards any deterioration due to use or time

newˈ-found adjective

Newly discovered or devised

New Jersey tea noun

Redroot

New Jerusalem noun

1. The heavenly city
2. Heaven

New Jerusalem Church see New Church above.

New Kingdom noun

The 18th to 20th dynasties in ancient Egypt (16c–11c BC)

New Labour noun

The part of the British Labour Party that gained control in the 1990s and seeks to apply a less extreme form of socialism in a market economy

new lad noun

A young man who, unlike the new man (qv below), unashamedly pursues a lifestyle characterized by hedonism, materialism, macho attitudes and interests, and open defiance of political correctness

newˈ-laid adjective

Newly laid

New Latin noun

The form of Latin in (esp legal) use since the Renaissance

New Learning noun

The new studies of the Renaissance

New Left noun

An extreme left-wing movement among students, etc in the 1960s

New Light noun

A member of a relatively more advanced or liberal religious school, applied esp to the party within the 18c Scottish Secession Church which adopted voluntaryist views of the relations of Church and State, also sometimes to the Socinianizing party in the Church of Scotland in the 18c, etc

new look noun

1. A change in women's fashions (1947), notably to longer and fuller skirts
2. A radical modification in the appearance of something

newˈly-wed noun and adjective

(a person who is) recently married

newˈ-made adjective

Recently made

new man noun

1. A reformed character
2. A fitter, healthier man
3. (sometimes with caps) a man who is prepared to show his feelings and who has adopted modern ideas esp with regard to health, the environment and sharing family responsibilities

newˈ-marrˈied adjective

Newly married

new maths noun

A method of teaching mathematics which is more concerned with basic structures and concepts than numerical drills

newˈ-modˈel transitive verb

To model or form anew

New Model Army noun

The Parliamentary army as remodelled by Cromwell in 1645

new moon noun

1. The moment when the moon is directly in line between the earth and sun, and therefore invisible
2. The time when the waxing moon becomes visible
3. The narrow waxing crescent itself

newˈ-mown adjective

Newly mown

newˈ-oldˈ adjective

1. Old but renewed
2. Having both new and old qualities at the same time

new penny see under penny

new poor plural noun

Those who have come to think themselves poor by loss of advantages

New Red Sandstone noun (geology)

An old name for the Permian and Trias

new rich plural noun

1. The recently enriched
2. Parvenus

New Right noun

A conservative movement, prominent in the 1980s, which differs from the traditional Right in holding more staunchly right-wing or moralistic views, eg favouring the diminution or abolition of the welfare state and the restitution of capital punishment, and opposing abortion

newˈ-risen adjective

Having newly risen

New Romantic noun

A member of a youth movement characterized by flamboyant epicene styles, prevalent in the 1980s (also adjective)

newˈ-sad adjective (Shakespeare)

Recently made sad

Newˈspeak noun

1. A type of English described by George Orwell in his book Nineteen Eighty-four (1949), developed by reducing vocabulary to such a point, and forming new words of such ugliness and so little emotive value, that literature and even thought will be impossible
2. (also without cap) any type of language considered similar in style, etc (esp derogatory)

new star noun

A nova

New Style see style

New Testament noun

The second part of the Christian Bible, consisting of writings about Christ and the Apostles after his death, and documents from the very first years of the Christian Church (abbrev NT)

new town noun

A town planned and built by the government to aid housing conditions in nearby large cities, stimulate development, etc

new variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease see Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

New Wave noun

1. A movement in French cinema in the late 1950s and 1960s which abandoned the linear narrative and experimented with untypical framing and fluid camera movements (also called Nouvelle Vague)
2. A slightly later movement in jazz aiming at freedom from set patterns and styles
3. (also without caps) any similar new movement or grouping in the arts, media, music, etc

New-Waveˈ adjective

new woman noun

A name applied, esp by scoffers, in the late 19c to such women as actively sought freedom and equality with men

New World noun

North, Central and South America

new world order noun

An aspiration to peaceful coexistence in the world

New Year noun

The first few days of the year

New Year's Day noun

The first day of the year

New Year's Eve noun

The last day of the year, 31 December

New Zealander noun

A native or citizen of New Zealand

of new (archaic)

1. Anew
2. Of late

what's new? (informal)

1. Tell me your news
2. There's nothing new about that!