new meaning and definition

NEW adjective

Definition of new (adjective)

1. not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
   • "a new law"; "new cars"; "a new comet"; "a new friend"; "a new year"; "the New World"
   • antonym: old
2. original and of a kind not seen before
   • "the computer produced a completely novel proof of a well-known theorem"
   • synonyms: fresh, novel
3. lacking training or experience
   • "the new men were eager to fight"; "raw recruits"
   • synonyms: raw
4. having no previous example or precedent or parallel
   • "a time of unexampled prosperity"
   • synonyms: unexampled
5. other than the former one(s); different
   • "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"
6. unaffected by use or exposure
   • "it looks like new"
   • antonym: worn
7. (of a new kind or fashion) gratuitously new
   • "newfangled ideas"; "she buys all these new-fangled machines and never uses them"
   • synonyms: newfangled
8. in use after medieval times
   • "New Eqyptian was the language of the 18th to 21st dynasties"
9. used of a living language; being the current stage in its development
   • "Modern English"; "New Hebrew is Israeli Hebrew"
   • synonyms: Modern
10. (of crops) harvested at an early stage of development; before complete maturity
    • "new potatoes"; "young corn"
    • synonyms: young
11. unfamiliar
    • "new experiences"; "experiences new to him"; "errors of someone new to the job"

NEW adverb

Definition of new (adverb)

1. very recently
   • "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"
   • synonyms: fresh, freshly, newly