- new´ness
- new «noo, nyoo», adjective, adverb, noun.–adj.1. never having been before; now first made, thought out, known or heard of, felt, or discovered: »
a new invention.
2. lately grown, come, or made; not old: »a new bud, a new make of car.
4. beginning again: »a new attempt. Sunrise makes a new day.
6. different; changed; renewed: »to have a new teacher, to feel like a new person. The old order changeth, yielding place to new (Tennyson).
8. not yet accustomed: »new to the work.
10. just come; having just reached the position: »a new arrival, a new president, a new author.
12. being the later or latest of two or more things of the same kind: »New England, the New Testament.
13. New, (of a language) in use in modern times, especially since the Middle Ages, usually contrasted with Old and Medieval, or Middle: »New Hebrew, New Latin.
–adv.–n.that which is new; new thing: »I prefer the old to the new.
╂[Old English nīwe]–new´ness, noun.Synonym Study adjective.1 New, novel, modern mean having only now or recently come into existence or knowledge. New describes something now existing, made, seen, or known for the first time: »They built a new house.
Novel adds and emphasizes the idea of being unusual, strikingly different, or strange, not of the ordinary kind: »The house has a novel dining room.
Modern describes people and things belonging to or characteristic of the present time, or recent times, and sometimes suggests being up-to-date, not old-fashioned: »The architecture is modern.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
