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new(2) (iou)



new adjective & noun. [nju:]
[Old English neowe, ni(o)we = Old Frisian n, ni, Old Saxon niuwi, nigi, Middle Low German nige, nie, Middle Dutch n(ie)uwe, nie (Dutch nieuw), Old High German niuwi (German neu), Old Norse nr, Gothic niujis, from Germanic from Indo-European base repr. also by Greek neos (Ionic neios), Gaulish Novio- (in place-names), Latin novus, Sanskrit nava. Cf. NEO-.]
A. adjective.
I.
Not existing before; now made or existing for the first time. OE.
Which? A new law..means a driver must give..insurance details after an accident.
b. Of a kind now first invented or introduced; novel. LME.
R. Dahl There is a new exciting music..with subtle harmonies and grinding discords.
Now known, experienced, used, etc., for the first time. OE.
W. Abish Why don't you come and visit...Meet new people. A. Lurie Her father always knew so many funny new jokes. V. Brome The disciple had nothing really new to say because the Master had..said it all before.
b. Strange or unfamiliar (to). ME.
T. Hardy The sceneso new to her, fresh from the seclusion of a seaside cottage.
a. Starting afresh; restored or renewed after decay, disappearance, etc. OE.
J. G. Farrell The Major found himself seeing London with new and less world-weary eyes.
b. Fresh, further, additional. ME.
Ld Macaulay Commissions were issued for the levying of new regiments.
Different from a thing previously existing, known, used, etc.; in addition to others already existing or present; succeeding another person in a specified function or position. OE.
Day Lewis They have a new clergyman..a very clever man. J. F. Lehmann Virginia was at work on a new book. Times Mr Grimond, the new leader of the Liberals.
b. Fundamentally, esp. spiritually or morally, changed; reformed; reinvigorated. LME.
S. Hill Alida appears to be a new woman.
(Usu. with the.) Of more recent origin than, superseding, or reviving a thing of the same kind; modern, advanced in method or doctrine. OE.
the new celibacy, the new economics, the new morality, etc.
b. In place-names: discovered or founded later than and named after. ME.
New Delhi, New Hampshire, New South Wales, New York, New Zealand, etc.
II.
a. Of recent origin; (of an event etc.) recent. OE.
Shakespeare Cymbeline The exile of her minion is too new; She hath not yet forgot him.
b. Of food or drink: freshly produced or grown, not stale; harvested early in the season. OE.
new bread, new potatoes, etc.
c. Recently made, not yet used or worn. OE.
R. Brautigan Another sign advertising new and used two and three ton hoists. W. Boyd The stationnew, stone and quite impressive.
d. Recently inhabited or settled. E19.
Having recently entered a certain state, position, etc.; unaccustomed to, inexperienced at. OE.
Ld Macaulay James's parliament contained a most unusual proportion of new members.
b. Fresh from a place, state, etc. E18.
Times The Government was new to office.
That is or remains fresh or vital, not declining or decaying. ME.
Milton Heav'ns last best gift, my ever new delight.
Having reached a high social standing comparatively recently; not belonging to a well-established family. E17.
Special collocations & phrases: brave new world: see BRAVE adjective. New Academy: see ACADEMY 2. new arrival: see ARRIVAL 2. New Art = ART NOUVEAU. New Australian a recent immigrant to Australia, esp. one from Europe. new ball a previously unused ball; spec. in Cricket, a ball brought into use at the beginning of an innings or after a prescribed number of overs (see off the new ball: see SEE verb). new birth: see BIRTH noun1 1. new blood: see BLOOD noun. new broom: see BROOM noun 2. new boy (a) a boy during his first term(s) at a school; (b) a (young) man newly come into a certain situation. new bug School slang = new boy (a) above. newbuilding [Danish nybygning] a newly constructed ship; the construction of ships. New Caledonian noun & adjective (a native or inhabitant) of New Caledonia, an island in the SW Pacific east of Australia. New Canadian an immigrant who has settled in Canada. new chum: see CHUM noun1. new-collar adjective & noun (chiefly US) (designating) a person from a blue-collar family who is better educated and has a higher standard of living. New Commonwealth: see COMMONWEALTH 5c. new Covenant: see COVENANT noun. New Critic an advocate or exponent of New Criticism. New Critical adjective of or pertaining to New Criticism or New Critics. New Criticism an approach to the analysis of literary texts which concentrates on the organization of the text itself with particular emphasis on irony, ambiguity, paradox, etc. new deal a new usu. improved arrangement; spec. (with cap. initials) the US programme of social and economic reform launched in the 1930s by the Roosevelt administration to counteract the depression. New Dealish adjective of, pertaining to, or supporting the New Deal. New English Bible a modern English translation of the Bible, published in the UK in 1961-70 and revised (as the Revised English Bible) in 1989 (abbreviation NEB). new entry a recruit; collect. people having recently qualified, been recruited, or become eligible to do something. new frontier fig. a new approach to reform and social betterment; spec. (with cap. initials) a programme of social improvement advocated by US president J. F. Kennedy. New Frontiersman an advocate or supporter of the New Frontier programme. new girl (a) a girl during her first term(s) at a school; (b) a (young) woman newly come into a certain situation. new ground (a) US land only recently cleared and cultivated; (b) Austral. part of a goldfield only recently exploited; (c) break new ground: see BREAK verb. New Humanism (with the) a school of thought emphasizing humankind's superiority to the natural order through the use of reason. New Humanist an advocate or adherent of the New Humanism. New International Version a modern English translation of the Bible published in 1973-8 (abbreviation NIV). New Journalism (usu. with the) (orig. US) a style of journalism characterized by the use of subjective and fictional elements so as to elicit an emotional response from the reader. New Journalist (orig. US) a practitioner of New Journalism. new kid on the block colloq. a newcomer, a novice; a recent arrival to a specified position or area. New Kingdom the Eighteenth, Nineteenth, and Twentieth Dynasties, which ruled Egypt from the 16th to the 11th cents. BC; the period of these dynasties. New Labour Politics that section of the British Labour Party which actively supported the internal reforms initiated by Neil Kinnock (party leader 1983-92) and carried through by subsequent party leaders; the Labour Party as a whole after the implementation of those reforms; (cf. OLD Labour). new law: see LAW noun1. new learning (a) the studies, esp. that of the Greek language, introduced into England in the 16th cent.; (b) the doctrines of the Reformation. new lease of life, new lease on life: see LEASE noun3. New Left a movement originated by young left-wing radicals opposed to the philosophy of the old liberal society; gen. any radical left-wing movement. New Leftist adjective & noun (a supporter or member) of the New Left. New Light noun & adjective (a) noun a new, freq. more moderate, theological or ecclesiastical doctrine; a supporter or propounder of this; Hist. (a member of) any of various Protestant sects in Scotland and N. America; (b) adjective of or pertaining to such a doctrine or any of its supporters or propounders; transf. newfangled, novel. new look a new or revised appearance or presentation, esp. of something familiar; spec. (freq. with cap. initials) a style of women's clothing introduced after the war of 1939-45, featuring long wide skirts and a generous use of material in contrast to wartime austerity. new-look adjective having a new image, restyled. new man spec. (a) Theology a man recently converted to Christianity; (b) a man rejecting sexist attitudes and the traditional male role. new mathematics, new maths, (N. Amer.) new math (freq. with the) a system of teaching mathematics to younger children, with emphasis on investigation and discovery on their part and on set theory etc. New Model Hist. the plan for the reorganization of the Parliamentary army, passed by the House of Commons in 1644-5. new money (a) a fortune recently acquired, funds recently raised; (b) the new rich. new moon (a) the moon when it appears as a slender crescent shortly after its conjunction with the sun; (b) the time when this occurs; Astronomy the time at which the moon is in conjunction with the sun; (c) the ancient Hebrew festival celebrated at the time of the new moon. New Negro US (a) Hist. a black slave newly brought from Africa; (b) a member of any of various movements striving for black rights. new nothing: see NOTHING pronoun & noun. new off the irons: see IRON noun. new one colloq. (orig. US) an anecdote, idea, situation, etc., not previously encountered (freq. in a new one on me). new order a new system, regime, or government; Hist. (with cap. initials) Hitler's planned reorganization of Europe under Nazi rule. new poor the class of recently impoverished people. new psychology the new areas of psychological investigation, as experimental psychology and esp. those theories recognizing the irrational and unconscious motivations of human behaviour. new realism Philosophy (chiefly US) the doctrine of realism as revived at the beginning of the 20th cent. to refute certain tenets of idealism. new realist noun & adjective (an adherent or student) of new realism. New Red Sandstone: see SANDSTONE. New Revised Standard Version a modern English translation of the Bible, based on the Revised Standard Version and published in 1990 (abbreviation NRSV). new rich the class of people having recently acquired wealth, the nouveaux riches. New Right (orig. US) a political movement reacting to the New Left, characterized by rejection of all forms of socialism and emphasis on traditional conservative values or (esp. in the US) by libertarian, esp. free-market policies; the supporters of this movement collectively. New Rightist noun & adjective (a supporter or member) of the New Right. New Romantic a devotee or exponent of a style of popular music and fashion popular in Britain in the early 1980s, in which both men and women wore make-up and dressed in flamboyant clothes. new school an advanced or liberal faction of a party or organization; spec. (with cap. initials) the section of the Presbyterian Church of the US separated from the rest of the Church in the 19th cent. new star a nova. New Style the method of calculating dates using the Gregorian calendar, which in England and Wales superseded the use of the Julian calendar in 1752 (cf. Old Style s.v. OLD adjective). newtake a piece of moorland newly enclosed and cultivated (esp. on Dartmoor in Devon, England). new technology technology that radically alters the way something is produced or performed, esp. involving labour-saving automation or computerization. New Testament the part of the Bible concerned with the life and teachings of Jesus and his earliest followers. new thing slang (orig. US) the latest craze, something avant-garde or innovative; spec. a type of experimental jazz music in the 1960s dispensing with the conventional harmonic and rhythmic framework. New Thought (a) a theory of the nature of disease and of therapeutic practice; (b) a religious sect believing in this theory in the guidance of an inner presence. New Thoughter an adherent of New Thought. new tick School slang = new bug above. new town a town established as a completely new settlement with government sponsorship or approval, esp. to absorb overspill population. new towner an inhabitant of a new town. new wave (a) = NOUVELLE VAGUE; (b) spec. (more fully new wave music) a style of rock music originally associated with punk rock, popular in the late 1970s. new waver a performer or follower of new wave music. new wavish adjective associated with or resembling new wave music. new wine in old bottles: see WINE noun. new woman spec. (a) Hist. a woman aspiring to freedom and independence for women, a feminist; (b) a woman successful in a traditionally male-dominated area. New World noun & adjective (a) noun the western hemisphere, the Americas; (b) adjective native to, characteristic of, or associated with the New World; New World monkey, a monkey of the platyrrhine group, which comprises all American monkeys, typically having a prehensile tail. New Worlder a native or inhabitant of the New World. New World Order a vision of a world ordered differently from the way it is at present; a new set of conditions, principles, laws, etc., governing events in the world, spec. following the end of the Cold War. new wrinkle: see WRINKLE noun1 7a. turn over a new leaf: see LEAF noun1. what's new? colloq. what has been happening?; how are you?
b. absol. as noun.
a. That which is new. OE.
B. Jowett In the arts..also in politics, the new must always prevail over the old.
b. A new thing. Cf. NEWS noun. rare. LME.
new of the moon, the time at which the moon is new. Now rare. LME.
of new, of late, recently, newly (now Scot.); afresh, over again (now rare). LME.
A naval cadet during his or her first term in a training ship. slang. E20.
newish adjective somewhat new L16.