Definition of - new in English English dictionary
- - new
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- Aotearoa New Zealand
- A bicultural name for New Zealand
The Commission recognises the importance of Māori culture... to all people of Aotearoa New Zealand (Human Rights Commission Focus, March 1988).
- Chinese New Year
- An annual Chinese holiday, marking the beginning of the lunar year
- Chinese New Years
- plural form of Chinese New Year
- Dutch New Guinea
- The former name of Western New Guinea from 1945 to 1962, when it was under Dutch rule
- Early New High German
- The form of the German language spoken from 1350 to 1650 CE, successor to Middle High German
- Happy New Year
- A wish said at the start of a New Year
- Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
- A traditional greeting for the Christmas and the new year
- New
- In place names, a prefix added to the name of a newly established place, intended to convey that the newly established place will share some characteristic of an older place for which the new place is named
- New Age
- A modern spiritual and religious movement
- New Age
- Of or relating to New Age music
- New Age
- Of or relating to a broad movement in Western culture, covering a wide variety of alternative spiritual and philosophical ideas, that developed towards the end of the 20th century
At this point in history, the most radical, pervasive, and earth-shaking transformation would occur simply if everybody truly evolved to a mature, rational, and responsible ego, capable of freely participating in the open exchange of mutual self-esteem. There is the edge of history. There would be a real New Age - Ken Wilber.
- New Age
- New Age music
- New Age music
- A genre of relaxing music with elements of world music
- New Age music
- A genre of music of a mystical nature, associated with New Age philosophies
- New Age traveller
- A member of a community of people, many of whom hold New Age beliefs, who travel among fairs and music festivals
- New Amsterdam
- The Dutch colonial settlement that later became New York City
- New Bedford
- A city in Massachusetts, United States
- New Britain
- An island of Papua New Guinea
- New Brunswick
- A province in eastern Canada with capital Fredericton
- New Brunswicker
- A native or inhabitant of New Brunswick, Canada
- New Brunswickers
- plural form of New Brunswicker
- New Caledonia
- A district of the west coast of British North America traded by the Hudson's Bay Company. It became the colony of British Columbia in 1858
- New Caledonia
- Overseas territory of France in Oceania. Official name: Territory of New Caledonia and Dependencies
- New Caledonia
- A short-lived (1698-1700) Scottish colony in Panama, around Darien (which was renamed New Edinburgh as its capital)
- New Caledonian
- of, from, or pertaining to New Caledonia (either sense), its people or language
- New Caledonian
- A person from New Caledonia (iether sense) or of New Caledonian descent
- New Delhi
- National capital of India, located in the national capital territory of Delhi
- New Democrat
- a member of the New Democratic Party
- New Democratic
- pertaining to the policies of the New Democratic Party
- New Democratic Party
- A Canadian political party which fields candidates in both provincial and federal elections, founded in 1961
- New Democrats
- plural form of New Democrat
- New England
- Collectively, the six states of the United States colonized by the English in the 17th century, namely Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont
- New England
- a loosely defined region in the north of the state of New South Wales
- New Englandy
- Similar to or reminiscent of New England
- New Forest
- A national park in Wiltshire and Hampshire, southern England
- New Forest pony
- A horse of a breed indigenous to the New Forest, in Hampshire, England
- New Forester
- Someone who lives in the New Forest
- New Forester
- A New Forest pony
- New France
- France's former possessions and colonies in North America, including Quebec, Acadia, and Louisiana, before 1763
- New General Catalogue
- : A catalogue of deep sky objects compiled in the 1880s by J. L. E. Dreyer using observations mostly from William Herschel. It contains nearly 8,000 objects, known as the NGC objects. Objects in the catalogue are numbered, and the letters NGC are prepended to these numbers, as in NGC 224 (the Andromeda Galaxy) or NGC 6205 (the globular cluster in Hercules)
- New Guinea
- A large island in the Pacific Ocean, north of Australia, whose territory is divided between Indonesia in the west and Papua New Guinea in the east
- New Guinea
- the northern part of what is now called Papua New Guinea, administered as a separate territory to Papua
- New Guinea flightless rail
- a bird from the family Rallidae
- New Guinea flightless rails
- plural form of New Guinea flightless rail
- New Hampshire
- A state of the United States of America. Capital: Concord
- New Hampshirite
- An inhabitant or a resident of the state of New Hampshire
Wentworth may have been an employee of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, but he lived in New Hampshire and was a devoted New Hampshirite.
- New Hampshirites
- plural form of New Hampshirite
- New High German
- The modern form of the German language, successor to Early New High German
- New Holland
- A former name for the continent and the country of Australia
1787: Chart of New Holland — published by J. Stockdale, London.
- New Ionian
- New Ionic
- New Ionic
- The later form of the Greek Ionic dialect, used after circa 600 BC
- New Ireland
- An island of the Bismarck Archipelago, a German colony from 1884 to 1921; governed by Australia from 1921 and then by Papua New Guinea from 1975 to the present day
- New Jersey
- A northeast state of the United States of America. Capital: Trenton
- New Jersey Plan
- a 1787 proposal for the structure of the United States Government
- New Jerseyite
- Someone living in, or associated with, New Jersey
- New Journalism
- A style of news writing and journalism of the 1960s and 1970s, employing literary techniques deemed unconventional at the time
- New Labour
- a movement to rebrand the British Labour Party by discarding traditional goals (such as nationalization)
- New Latin
- The Latin language spoken and written after the Middle Ages, including Renaissance Latin, Ecclesiastical Latin, and Contemporary Latin
- New Man
- a man who, rejecting sexist attitudes, aims to be caring and sensitive, and to take a substantial role in the domestic routine
- New Mexican
- Of, or pertaining to, New Mexico or its culture
- New Mexican
- An inhabitant or a resident of the state of New Mexico
- New Mexicans
- plural form of New Mexican
- New Mexico
- A state of the United States of America. Capital: Santa Fe
- New Norwegian
- Nynorsk; Norwegian Nynorsk
- New Orleanian
- a native or inhabitant of New Orleans
- New Orleanian
- of, or relating to New Orleans, Louisiana
- New Orleans
- The largest city in the State of Louisiana, United States of America. It is an industrial and distribution center, a major seaport, and known for its rich cultural heritage, especially its music and cuisine. The city is on the banks of the Mississippi
- New Pomerania
- The former name of New Britain
- New Prussian
- of or pertaining to the New Prussian language
- New Prussian
- the modern reconstruction of the Old Prussian language, spoken by pilot communities in Lithuania, Poland, and elsewhere
- New Prussian
- of or pertaining to the people that speak the New Prussian language
- New Romantic
- A person involved in the New Romanticism movement
- New Romanticism
- A youth fashion movement that peaked in the United Kingdom during the early 1980s, associated with synthpop music and flamboyant and sometimes androgynous attire
- New Siberian Islands
- An archipelago in the Arctic Ocean in the north of Russia, in the East Siberian Sea
- New South Wales
- One of the six states of Australia, situated in the south-eastern part of the continent, with its capital at Sydney
- New South Wales
- The original name conferred on Australia by Captain James Cook, and used to describe the entire eastern portion of the continent
- New South Wales
- The colony that was founded in 1788, which grew progressively smaller as other colonies were separated from it, and became a state in 1901
- New Taiwan dollar
- The currency of Taiwan
- New Taiwan dollars
- plural form of New Taiwan dollar
- New Testament
- The second half of the Christian Bible, includes the four Gospels, the Book of Acts, the Epistles, and the Book of Revelation
- New Wave
- Any of several movements in music film which are or were considered cutting edge
- New World
- The continents North America and South America combined
- New World Order
- A vision for the world in which greater peace and stability is achieved through a new political order
- New World monkey
- The four families of primates that are found in Central America and South America: the Cebidae, Aotidae, Pitheciidae and Atelidae
- New Yawk
- Eye dialect spelling of New York, representing New York City English
- New Year
- The first few days of a calendar year
- New Year
- In particular, January 1 in the Julian and Gregorian calendar and the days following
- New Year's Day
- A legal holiday in many countries to welcome the New Year of the Gregorian calendar on January 1
- New Year's Eve
- The holiday occurring on the last day of the year, December 31st
- New Year's resolution
- A vow one makes on New Year's Eve or New Year's Day for the coming year
He made a New Year's resolution to quit smoking.
- New Years
- plural form of New Year
- New York
- Of a style, particularly of food, originating in New York
Alcoholism is a disease and an illnes. Its insanity has revented me from finding my Higher Power, good coffee, intoxicating chocolate, and a New York delicatessen here in Utopia.
- New York
- A state of the United States of America and former colony
The capital of New York is Albany, not New York City.
- New York
- The largest city in New York State, a metropolis extending into neighboring New Jersey state
New York is a former capital of the USA.
- New York City
- Manhattan
- New York City
- New York, New York, the largest city in the United States of America. It consists of five boroughs: Manhattan, the Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens and Staten Island. Situated at the mouth of the Hudson River in New York State
- New York State
- The State of New York
- New York breakfast
- A meal at the start of the day, consisting of coffee and cigarettes (smoked, not eaten.)
- New York minute
- An instant; a very short time
- New York minutes
- plural form of New York minute
- New York reload
- The act of drawing a second handgun when the first jams or runs out of bullets, rather than reloading the first, in order to gain a speed advantage
First, they may be the fastest reload for an empty primary gun—the so-called New York reload..
- New York reloads
- plural form of New York reload
- New Yorker
- An inhabitant or a resident of the state of New York
- New Yorker
- An inhabitant or a resident of New York City
- New Yorkers
- plural form of New Yorker
- New Yorkese
- A dialect of English spoken in New York
Her New Yorkese gave her origins away instantly.
- New Yorkese
- People, or one person, from New York
You have to watch out for those New Yorkese, you never know what they might be up to.
- New Zealand
- A country in Oceania, to the east of Australia. Official name: New Zealand. Abbreviation: NZ or Aotearoa
- New Zealand
- The Realm of New Zealand, including the Cook Islands, Niue, Tokelau and the Ross Dependency
- New Zealand
- The islands of New Zealand, especially the North Island, South Island and nearby coastal islands
- New Zealand dollar
- The official currency of New Zealand
- New Zealand dollars
- plural form of New Zealand dollar
- New Zealand primitive frog
- A group of frogs in the Leiopelmatidae family, which are every small and extra vertebrae to other frogs
- New Zealander
- A person from New Zealand or of New Zealand descent
- New Zealanders
- plural form of New Zealander
- New Zealandism
- A word or phrase of New Zealand; one originating there, or only used there, or having special meaning there
- New Zealandism
- The status or character of belonging to New Zealand
- New Zealandisms
- plural form of New Zealandism
- Papua New Guinea
- A country in Oceania. Official name: Independent State of Papua New Guinea
- Papua New Guinean
- Citizen of Papua New Guinea or of Papua New Guinean descent
- Papua New Guinean
- pertaining to Papua New Guinea
- Papua New Guineans
- plural form of Papua New Guinean
- Trans-New Guinea
- A major language family spoken in large parts of New Guinea
- a new broom sweeps clean
- New management will often make radical changes
- bran-new
- brand new
They were rabbits like himself, but quite furry and bran-new. They must have been very well made, for their seams didn't show at all,.
- brand new
- utterly new, as new as possible
- brand spanking new
- utterly new, as new as possible
- brave new world
- An ambitious, often utopian, vision of the future
- brave new world
- A significant change for the worse
- brave new worlds
- plural form of brave new world
- break new ground
- To begin excavating and levelling earth for a new building, or, originally, for cultivation
- break new ground
- By extension, to initiate a new venture
- dawn of a new day
- A new beginning; a fresh start; an important, promising turning point
It’s the dawn of a new day—a new era, even—for the Queens Chamber of Commerce.
- emperor's new clothes
- Something obvious and embarrassing that is politely ignored or that goes unacknowledged
How did it come to this, that Toyota is now selling a hybrid gas-electric vehicle with no tangible fuel economy benefits?.
- like new
- Seemingly new; as good as new
Our like new refrigerator didn't last the year.
- like new
- As though new; as good as new
Make your car run like new.
- like the new time
- Furiously or vigorously, repeatedly
He was running like the new time when the dog chased him.
- new
- Things that are new
Out with the old, in with the new.
- new
- Young
My sister has a new baby, and our mother is excited to finally have a grandchild.
- new
- Of recent origin; having taken place recently
Did you see the new King Lear at the theatre?.
- new
- A kind of light beer
- new
- Current or later, as opposed to former
We had been in our new house for five years by then.
- new
- Inexperienced or unaccustomed at some task
I'm new at this business.
- new
- Used to distinguish something established more recently, named after something or some place previously existing
New Bond Street is an extension of Bond Street.
- new
- In original condition; pristine; not previously worn or used
Are you going to buy a new car or a second-hand one?.
- new
- Refreshed, reinvigorated, reformed
After the accident, I saw the world with new eyes.
- new
- Strange, unfamiliar or not previously known
I need to meet new people.
- new
- Recently made, or created
The band just released a new album.
- new
- Additional; recently discovered
We turned up some new evidence from the old files.
- new
- Recently arrived or appeared
She is the new kid at school.
- new
- next; about to begin or recently begun
We expect to grow at 10% annually in the new decade.
- new ball
- A cricket ball never previously used in a match; a replacement new cricket ball taken by the captain of the bowling side at certain specified times during an innings
- new ball
- Any of a set of replacement tennis balls issued at specified times in the professional game
- new balls
- plural form of new ball
- new broom
- A new leader or management
In one way, Mr. Brown's position is particularly difficult, because unlike other political leaders he cannot claim to be a new broom. The Economist in article Labour pains on Dec 1st 2007.
- new car smell
- A characteristic odor caused by the combination of chemicals and materials in a new automobile
Who would want new car smell when you can have Maggie's gardenias?.
- new chum
- A beginner, novice
- new chum
- A newly arrived immigrant
- new chum
- A newly arrived convict
- new chums
- plural form of new chum
- new fangled
- Modern; recently invented: alternative spelling of newfangled
- new jack swing
- A variety of swingbeat dance music combining elements of rhythm and blues, soul music, hip hop and rap
- new kid on the block
- Someone or something new to an existing community
While the Reform Party is the new kid on the block, its members who attended its first national convention this weekend acted like delegates to any other political convention.
- new kids on the block
- plural form of new kid on the block
- new lad
- A sexist young man who embraces traditional male attitudes
- new laddish
- Having the characteristics of a new lad
- new lads
- plural form of new lad
- new lease on life
- Figuratively, an opportunity to an improved quality of life, due to some change in circumstances
The latest developments in drugs to treat patients with bipolar disorders have given many a new lease on life.
- new lease on life
- An opportunity to live longer than was expected, due to some kind of reprieve
The facelift proposed for the old theatre may well give it a new lease on life.
- new math
- The methodology used to arrive at an unreasonably incorrect answer for a mathematical calculation
She quickly calculated the tip to be $45.00 on the restaurant tab of $110.50, apparently using new math.
- new media
- Interactive digital media, such as the Internet, as opposed to traditional media such as print and television
- new money
- Persons or families that have recently become wealthy
- new moon
- The day when the new moon is first seen or is expected to appear
- new moon
- The moon when it is waxing
- new moon
- The phase of the moon when it is waxing
- new moon
- The phase of the moon when it is in conjunction with the sun
- new moon
- The moon when it is in conjunction with the sun
- new moons
- plural form of new moon
- new pence
- Plural of new penny
- new penny
- Following decimalisation, the name given to the coin worth one hundredth of a pound sterling; now known simply as the penny. Symbol: p
- new potato
- One of the earliest potatoes of a new crop
- new potatoes
- plural form of new potato
- new school
- A style, way of thinking, or method for accomplishing a task that is typical of the current era, as opposed to former eras
- new shekel
- Alternative form of new sheqel
- new shekels
- plural form of new shekel
- new sheqel
- The official designation of the Israeli currency since 1 January 1986 (in order to distinguish it from the abolished 1980-1985 sheqel). Divided into 100 agorot and represented by ₪. In English, also represented by the initialism NIS (for "New Israeli Sheqel"). ISO 4217 code: ILS
- new sheqels
- plural form of new sheqel
- new standard
- Something that is set when someone does the unthinkable, or does something better than anyone else
Lance Armstrong set a new standard for modern man.
- new town
- A town built to address housing shortages post World War II
- new towns
- plural form of new town
- new up
- To create an object by calling its constructor
So you just new up the object you want and once its internal reference count drops to 0, the language deletes it (during a free time as a background thread).
- new wave
- Representing the latest and most advanced style; trendy; faddish
- new wave
- A pop and rock music genre that existed during the late 1970s and the early-to-mid 1980s, incorporating punk beats and synthesized sounds
- new year
- next year; the year following the current year, especially the early part of it
We hoped that things would be better in the new year.
- new zaïre
- A currency used in Zaïre between 1993 and 1998, only issued in banknote form and later replaced by the franc
- new-
- newly, recently
new-found.
- new-fashioned
- Newly made
- new-fashioned
- Up-to-date, fashionable or avant-garde
- new-mown
- That has recently been mown
Phosgene has the odor of new-mown hay and chlorine has a strong bleach or chlorine odor.
- new-wave
- Of or pertaining to the New Wave
- new-wave
- Innovative and ground-breaking
- old wine in a new bottle
- An existing concept or institution offered as though it were a new one
Finally, some critics argue that evolutionary psychology is old wine in a new bottle — the old instinct theory in a new package.
- second new ball
- a second replacement new ball
- there is nothing new under the sun
- There is nothing truly novel in existence. Every new idea has some sort of precedent or echo from the past
- turn over a new leaf
- To engage in self-improvement; to begin a good habit or shed a bad habit
Every year he resolves to turn over a new leaf and start exercising.
- turned over a new leaf
- Simple past tense and past participle of turn over a new leaf
- turning over a new leaf
- Present participle of turn over a new leaf
- turns over a new leaf
- Third-person singular simple present indicative form of turn over a new leaf
- what else is new
- Implies that the situation is and always has been unsatisfactory
My mum is still giving me grief for not getting a job. ― What else is new?.
- what's new
- The latest developments in a particular situation or a person's life
We send out a newsletter to our clients every week to tell them what's new in the company.
- what's new
- Implies that the situation is and always has been unsatisfactory
You're still having problems with that idiot you employed last year? So, what's new?.
- what's new
- An informal greeting asking the other person what has recently happened in their lives. A typical response might be, "Not much, you?. At times the greeting may not be literal and might just be used as a synonym for hello or what's up
- you can't teach an old dog new tricks
- It is almost impossible to change people's habits or traits or mindset
- you learn something new every day
- Uttered after acquiring new knowledge
- New Mexico
- A state of the southwest United States on the Mexican border. It was admitted as the 47th state in 1912. Site of prehistoric cultures that long preceded the Pueblo civilization encountered by the Spanish in the 16th century, the region was governed as a province of Mexico after 1821 and ceded to the United States by the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848. The original territory (established 1850) included Arizona and part of Colorado and was enlarged by the Gadsden Purchase of 1853. Sante Fe is the capital and Albuquerque the largest city. Population: 1,521,779. New Mexican adj. NM a state in the southwestern US, where the land is mostly desert or mountain forests. Most of New Mexico used to belong to Mexico, so there is a strong Mexican and Spanish influence on the culture, language, buildings etc. State (pop., 2000: 1,819,046), southwestern U.S. Bordered by Mexico and the U.S. states of Colorado, Oklahoma, Texas, and Arizona, it covers 121,598 sq mi (314,939 sq km); its capital is Santa Fe. In the west, it is crossed north-south by the Continental Divide. The Rio Grande bisects the state and for a short distance forms the boundary with Texas. Human settlement in the area has probably spanned 10,000 years. Before the Navajo and Apache arrived in the 15th century, an agricultural Indian civilization had developed irrigation systems, pueblos, and cliff dwellings, whose ruins still dot the state. Spaniards from Mexico claimed the area for Spain in the 16th century, and in 1540 Francisco Vázquez de Coronado explored it. The first settlement was at Santa Fe in 1610. Missionaries were active in the 1600s. It became part of Mexico in 1821 and was ceded to the U.S. in 1848 at the end of the Mexican War. The Territory of New Mexico was established by Congress in 1850. It became the 47th U.S. state in 1912 and retained its frontier image. World War II spurred economic and social change, bringing research facilities, including that at Los Alamos. The economy today is largely dependent on the export of raw materials and on federal government expenditures; oil and natural gas are also important. The University of New Mexico and a fine arts community are in Albuquerque
- new wave
- an art movement in French cinema in the 1960s
- new hire notification
- a notification (email) when a new employee is hired
- new
- {a} fresh, late, modern, repaired, uncommon
- new-hampshire
- {n} one of the United States
