| new | |
| 1. adj. Recently made, or created. | |
| This is a new scratch on my car! The band just released a new album. | |
| 2. adj. Additional; recently discovered. | |
| We turned up some new evidence from the old files. | |
| 3. adj. Current or later, as opposed to former. | |
| My new car is much better than my previous one, even though it is older. We had been in our new house for five years by then. | |
| 4. adj. Used to distinguish something established more recently, named after something or some place previously existing. | |
| New Bond Street is an extension of Bond Street. | |
| 5. adj. In original condition; pristine; not previously worn or used. | |
| Are you going to buy a new car or a second-hand one? | |
| 6. adj. Refreshed, reinvigorated, reformed. | |
| That shirt is dirty. Go and put on a new one. I feel like a new person after a good night's sleep. After the accident, I saw the world with new eyes. | |
| 7. adj. Newborn. | |
| My sister has a new baby, and our mother is excited to finally have a grandchild. | |
| 8. adj. Of recent origin; having taken place recently. | |
| I can't see you for a while; the pain is still too new. Did you see the new King Lear at the theatre? | |
| 9. adj. Strange, unfamiliar or not previously known. | |
| The idea was new to me. I need to meet new people. | |
| 10. adj. Recently arrived or appeared. | |
| Have you met the new guy in town? He is the new kid at school. | |
| 11. adj. Inexperienced or unaccustomed at some task. | |
| Don't worry that you're new at this job; you'll get better with time. I'm new at this business. | |
| 12. adj. (of a period of time) Next; about to begin or recently begun. | |
| We expect to grow at 10% annually in the new decade. | |
| 13. adj. (vegetables) The first of the season. | |
| 14. adv. Newly (especially in composition). | |
| new-born, new-formed, new-found, new-mown | |
| 15. adv. As new; from scratch. | |
| They are scraping the site clean to build new. | |
| 16. s. Things that are new. | |
| Out with the old, in with the new. | |
| 17. s. (Australia) A kind of light beer. | |
| 18. s. See also news. | |
| 19. v. (obsolete) To make new; to recreate; to renew. | |
