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CEFRA1

/njuː/

adjective

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In plain English

  1. 01

    adjective

    Recently made, discovered, or experienced.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Not used or owned before.

Examples

  • I thought you liked to learn new things.

  • Have you read her new novel?

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • [nɪu̯]
  • /njʉː/

Deep Dive

adjective

Extra meanings

  1. Additional; recently discovered.

  2. Recently made, or created.

  3. Of recent origin; having taken place recently.

More examples

In context

  • No, he's not my new boyfriend.

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

  • The cookers cost £350 new but £150 secondhand.

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Origin

adjective

From Middle English neowe, neue, new, newe, nywe, from Old English nēowe, nīewe, nīowe, nīwe, from Proto-West Germanic *niwi, from Proto-Germanic *niwjaz (“new”), from Proto-Indo-European *néwos, *néwyos (“new”). Compare also Old English nū (“now”). More at now. Doublet of nuevo, novuss, and neo-. Cognates Cognate with Scots new (“new”), North Frisian nai, nei, nii (“new”), Saterland Frisian näi (“new”), West Frisian nij (“new”), Alemannic German nöi, nüüw (“new”), Bavarian neich (“new”), Cimbrian naüge (“new”), Dutch nieuw, nij (“new”), Dutch Low Saxon nij (“new”), German neu, new, neuw (“new”), Low German nee, neei (“new”), Luxembourgish nei (“new”), Vilamovian noj, noü (“new”), Yiddish נ...