new

adj

1. Recently made, or created.

   “This is a new scratch on my car! The band just released a new album.”

   “The cookers cost £350 new but £150 secondhand.”

   “Within a half-hour, Gould (pronounced GOLD) was stirring in pieces of breaded and sautéed chicken, pouring the finished sauce over fettucini noodles cooked al dente and serving one of the newest entrees from his growing recipe file — rustic chicken — to Tanner, his 9-year-old twin brothers, Colton and Austin, and their parents.”

   “Only a few nonsmart models, primarily newer Razr models and a few Nokia phones, can run Yahoo Go. And once again, no Verizon phones need apply.”

   “Hidden behind thickets of acronyms and gorse bushes of detail, a new great game is under way across the globe. Some call it geoeconomics, but it's geopolitics too. The current power play consists of an extraordinary range of countries simultaneously sitting down to negotiate big free trade and investment agreements.”

2. Recently made, or created.

   “I can't see you for a while; the pain is still too new. Did you see the new King Lear at the theatre?”

3. Additional; recently discovered.

   “We turned up some new evidence from the old files.”

4. 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.”

5. Used to distinguish something established more recently, named after something or some place previously existing.

   “New Bond Street is an extension of Bond Street.”

6. In original condition; pristine; not previously worn or used.

   “Are you going to buy a new car or a second-hand one?”

7. 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.”

8. Newborn.

   “My sister has a new baby, and our mother is excited to finally have a grandchild.”

9. Strange, unfamiliar or not previously known.

   “Investors face a quandary. Cash offers a return of virtually zero in many developed countries; government-bond yields may have risen in recent weeks but they are still unattractive. Equities have suffered two big bear markets since 2000 and are wobbling again. It is hardly surprising that pension funds, insurers and endowments are searching for new sources of return.”

   “The idea was new to me. I need to meet new people.”

10. Recently arrived or appeared.

    “'Twas early June, the new grass was flourishing everywheres, the posies in the yard—peonies and such—in full bloom, the sun was shining, and the water of the bay was blue, with light green streaks where the shoal showed.”

    “Have you met the new guy in town? He is the new kid at school.”

11. 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, I'm still new to the work.”

12. Next; about to begin or recently begun.

    “We expect to grow at 10% annually in the new decade.”

adv

1. Synonym of newly, especially in composition.

   “Near-synonym: recently”

   “new-born, new-formed, new-found, new-mown hay, new-laid eggs”

2. As new; from scratch.

   “They are scraping the site clean to build new.”

noun

1. (countable, invariable, plural, plural-only, uncountable)Things that are new.

   “Out with the old, in with the new.”

2. (Australia, uncountable)A typically light-coloured lager brewed by the bottom-fermentation method.
3. (UK, countable, slang)A naval cadet who has just embarked on training.

   “In the Britannia "news" were worms, to be trodden on […]”

verb

1. Synonym of new up.
2. (obsolete)To make new; to recreate; to renew.

name

1. A surname transferred from the nickname.

   “The surname, "New," appears on both Hampshire Co., Virginia and Pendleton Co., Kentucky records.”

2. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, informal, uncommon)Ellipsis of New College, Oxford.