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1. | [ adjective ] not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered | |
Examples: | "a new law" "new cars" "a new comet" "a new friend" "a new year" "the New World" |
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Related terms: | old recent revolutionary fresh newborn virgin new-sprung newfound novel brand-new parvenu rising hot untested unused sunrise young modern current fresh unworn age | |
2. | [ adjective ] other than the former one(s); different | |
Examples: | "they now have a new leaders" "my new car is four years old but has only 15,000 miles on it" "ready to take a new direction" |
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Related terms: | other | |
3. | [ adjective ] having no previous example or precedent or parallel | |
Synonyms: | unexampled | |
Examples: | "a time of unexampled prosperity" |
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Related terms: | unprecedented | |
4. | [ adjective ] of a kind not seen before | |
Synonyms: | novel fresh | |
Examples: | "the computer produced a completely novel proof of a well-known theorem" |
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Related terms: | original | |
5. | [ adjective ] lacking training or experience | |
Synonyms: | green wet_behind_the_ears raw | |
Examples: | "the new men were eager to fight" "raw recruits" "he was still wet behind the ears when he shipped as a hand on a merchant vessel" |
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Related terms: | inexperienced | |
6. | [ adjective ] of a new (often outrageous) kind or fashion | |
Synonyms: | newfangled | |
Related terms: | original | |
7. | [ adjective ] (often followed by `to') unfamiliar | |
Synonyms: | new_to | |
Examples: | "new experiences" "experiences new to him" "errors of someone new to the job" |
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Related terms: | unaccustomed | |
8. | [ adjective ] (of crops) harvested at an early stage of development; before complete maturity | |
Synonyms: | young baby | |
Examples: | "baby carrots" "new potatoes" "young corn" |
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Related terms: | early | |
9. | [ adjective ] unaffected by use or exposure | |
Examples: | "it looks like new" |
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Related terms: | unworn | |
10. | [ adverb ] very recently | |
Synonyms: | newly recently fresh freshly | |
Examples: | "they are newly married" "newly raised objections" "a newly arranged hairdo" "grass new washed by the rain" "a freshly cleaned floor" "we are fresh out of tomatoes" |
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11. | [ adjective ] (linguistics) in use after Medieval times | |
Examples: | "New Eqyptian was the language of the 18th to 21st dynasties" |
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Related terms: | linguistics late | |
12. | [ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 3047 | |
13. | [ adjective ] (linguistics) used of a living language; being the current stage in its development | |
Synonyms: | Modern | |
Examples: | "Modern English" "New Hebrew is Israeli Hebrew" |
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Related terms: | linguistics late | |
Similar spelling: |
NE ney Neu neo nee N |