news
See also: News
English
Etymology
From Middle English newes, newys (“new things”), equivalent to new (noun) + -s. Compare Saterland Frisian Näis (“news”), West Frisian nijs (“news”), Dutch nieuws (“news”), German Low German Neeis (“new things; news”).
Pronunciation
- enPR: nyo͞oz, no͞oz, IPA(key): /njuːz/, /nuːz/
Audio (US, California) (file) Audio (file) Audio (file) - Homophones: gnus, nus (in some dialects)
- Rhymes: -uːz
- Hyphenation: news
Noun
news (uncountable)
- New information of interest.
- Is there any news about the storm?
- That was not much news in the press release.
- Information about current events disseminated via media.
- Did you hear/read/see the latest news?
- The news is that a new leader will be elected in one month.
- (computing, Internet) posts published on newsgroups
Hyponyms
Derived terms
- news agency
- newsagent
- newsboy
- newscaster
- news conference
- news feature
- news feed
- newsflash
- newsgirl
- newsgroup
- newshawk
- newshound
- newsletter
- newsman
- newspaper
- newsprint
- newsreader
- newsreel
- news report
- news reporter
- newsroom
- news sheet
- news stand
- news station
- news stream
- newswire
- newswoman
- newsy
- no news is good news
- slow news day
- that's news to me
Translations
new information of interest
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reports of current events
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Verb
news (third-person singular simple present newses, present participle newsing, simple past and past participle newsed)
- (transitive, archaic) To report; to make known.
- 1874, Robert Cowie, Shetland (page 157)
- This remark was newsed abroad; whereupon the loyal authorities of Lerwick immediately had the revolutionary skipper arrested, on a charge of high treason.
- 1874, Robert Cowie, Shetland (page 157)
References
- News (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- news on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
French
Noun
news m (plural news)
Mauritian Creole
Alternative forms
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA: [njuz]
Noun
news
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