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new
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What does new mean?
adjective
- Recently made, or created.
- Of recent origin; having taken place recently.
- Additional; recently discovered.
More meanings (18)
adjective
- Current or later, as opposed to former.
- Used to distinguish something established more recently, named after something or some place previously existing.
- In original condition; pristine; not previously worn or used.
- Refreshed, reinvigorated, reformed.
- Newborn.
- Strange, unfamiliar or not previously known.
- Recently arrived or appeared.
- Inexperienced or unaccustomed at some task.
- Next; about to begin or recently begun.
adverb
- Synonym of newly, especially in composition.
- As new; from scratch.
noun
- Things that are new.
- A typically light-coloured lager brewed by the bottom-fermentation method.
- (slang) A naval cadet who has just embarked on training.
verb
- Synonym of new up.
- (obsolete) To make new; to recreate; to renew.
proper noun
- A surname transferred from the nickname.
- (informal) Ellipsis of New College, Oxford.
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Also, the new regime is permitting the establishment of private enterprises of 20 or fewer employees in services, handicrafts, and small-scale industry.
From this quarter, we are alarmed with the amazing expense, from the number of persons who are to administer the new government.
More book examples (3)
In the afternoon of the day when I reached New Bedford, I visited the wharves, to take a view of the shipping.
Of all the bewildering things about a new country, the absence of human landmarks is one of the most depressing and disheartening.
“Oh, I can see you don’t like the dresses! What is the matter with them? Aren’t they neat and clean and new?”