English > new: 11 senses > adjective 1| Meaning | not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered. |
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| Examples | - "a new law"
- "new cars"
- "a new comet"
- "a new friend"
- "a new year"
- "the New World"
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| Attribute of | age | How long something has existed |
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| Narrower | brand-new, bran-new, spic-and-span, spick-and-span | conspicuously new |
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| fresh | (of a cycle) beginning or occurring again |
| hot, red-hot | Newest or most recent |
| newborn, new-sprung | Having just or recently arisen or come into existence |
| newfangled, new-fangled | (of a new kind or fashion) gratuitously new |
| newfound | newly discovered |
| novel, refreshing | pleasantly new or different |
| parvenu, parvenue | Of or characteristic of a parvenu |
| recent | New |
| revolutionary, radical | markedly new or introducing radical change |
| rising | newly come into prominence |
| sunrise | Of an industry or technology |
| untested, untried | not yet proved or subjected to testing |
| unused | not yet put into use |
| virgin | Used or worked for the first time |
| young | In its early stage / stage |
| See also | current | occurring in or belonging to the present time |
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| fresh | recently made, produced, or harvested |
| modern | belonging to the modern era |
| young, immature | (used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth |
| Opposite | old | Of long duration |
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| Spanish | nuevo |
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| Catalan | nou |
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| Nouns | newness | the quality of being new |
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