new /nu, nyu/ adjective, -er, -est, adverb, noun –adjective <TABLE class=luna-Ent><TBODY><TR><TD class=dn vAlign=top>1.</TD><TD vAlign=top>of recent origin, production, purchase, etc.; having but lately come or been brought into being: a new book. </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><TABLE class=luna-Ent><TBODY><TR><TD class=dn vAlign=top>2.</TD><TD vAlign=top>of a kind now existing or appearing for the first time; novel: a new concept of the universe. </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><TABLE class=luna-Ent><TBODY><TR><TD class=dn vAlign=top>3.</TD><TD vAlign=top>having but lately or but now come into knowledge: a new chemical element. </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><TABLE class=luna-Ent><TBODY><TR><TD class=dn vAlign=top>4.</TD><TD vAlign=top>unfamiliar or strange (often fol. by to): ideas new to us; to visit new lands. </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><TABLE class=luna-Ent><TBODY><TR><TD class=dn vAlign=top>5.</TD><TD vAlign=top>having but lately come to a place, position, status, etc.: a reception for our new minister. </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><TABLE class=luna-Ent><TBODY><TR><TD class=dn vAlign=top>6.</TD><TD vAlign=top>unaccustomed (usually fol. by to): people new to such work. </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><TABLE class=luna-Ent><TBODY><TR><TD class=dn vAlign=top>7.</TD><TD vAlign=top>coming or occurring afresh; further; additional: new gains. </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><TABLE class=luna-Ent><TBODY><TR><TD class=dn vAlign=top>8.</TD><TD vAlign=top>fresh or unused: to start a new sheet of paper. </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><TABLE class=luna-Ent><TBODY><TR><TD class=dn vAlign=top>9.</TD><TD vAlign=top>(of physical or moral qualities) different and better: The vacation made a new man of him. </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><TABLE class=luna-Ent><TBODY><TR><TD class=dn vAlign=top>10.</TD><TD vAlign=top>other than the former or the old: a new era; in the New World. </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><TABLE class=luna-Ent><TBODY><TR><TD class=dn vAlign=top>11.</TD><TD vAlign=top>being the later or latest of two or more things of the same kind: the New Testament; a new edition of Shakespeare. </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><TABLE class=luna-Ent><TBODY><TR><TD class=dn vAlign=top>12.</TD><TD vAlign=top>(initial capital letter) (of a language) in its latest known period, esp. as a living language at the present time: New High German. </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>–adverb <TABLE class=luna-Ent><TBODY><TR><TD class=dn vAlign=top>13.</TD><TD vAlign=top>recently or lately (usually used in combination): The valley was green with new-planted crops. </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><TABLE class=luna-Ent><TBODY><TR><TD class=dn vAlign=top>14.</TD><TD vAlign=top>freshly; anew or afresh (often used in combination): roses new washed with dew; new-mown hay. </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>–noun <TABLE class=luna-Ent><TBODY><TR><TD class=dn vAlign=top>15.</TD><TD vAlign=top>something that is new; a new object, quality, condition, etc.: Ring out the old, ring in the new. </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE> <HR class=ety>[Origin: bef. 900; ME newe (adj., adv., and n.), OE nēowe, nīewe, nīwe (adj. and adv.); c. D nieuw, G neu, ON nȳr, Goth niujis, OIr núe, Welsh newydd, Gk neîos; akin to L novus, OCS novŭ, Gk néos, Skt navas]