news
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- United Kingdom//njuːz//
- United States//nuːz//
- United States/[nɪu̯z]/
- //nuz//
New information of interest.
noun
- 1
New information of interest.
Is there any news about the storm?
That was not much news in the press release.
VVith speede let vs impart the newes vnto my Lord the King, The fearefull newes that whilſt the flame doth but begin, Sad pollicie may ſerue to quench the fire: […]
Sirra, your Lord and maſters married, there's newes for you: you haue a new Miſtris.
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Information about current events disseminated by the media.
Did you hear/read/see the latest news?
The news is that a new leader will be elected in one month.
I heard about the earthquake on the morning news.
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Messages posted on newsgroups.
The Usenet news system brings people together from around the world and forms social groups on the basis of common interest. Usenet news is a domain that is suffering badly from information overload.
Etymology
From Middle English newes, newys (“new things”), equivalent to new (noun) + -s (plural suffix). Compare Saterland Frisian Näis (“news”), East Frisian näjs (“news”), West Frisian nijs (“news”), Dutch nieuws (“news”), German Low German Neeis (“new things; news”), though, unlike the English word, those cognates originated as genitives, not as plurals. Sometimes erroneously claimed to be an acronym of "North, East, West, South" or "Noteworthy Events, Weather, Sports".
verb
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archaicTo report; to make known.
This remark was newsed abroad; whereupon the loyal authorities of Lerwick immediately had the revolutionary skipper arrested, on a charge of high treason.
noun
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Also a form of newplural of new
Forms
- past tense
- newsed
- past participle
- newsed
- present participle
- newsing
- third person singular
- newses