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comparative newer, superlative newest
Recently made, or created. quotations
Hidden behind thickets of acronyms and gorse bushes of detail, a new great game is under way across the globe. Some call it geoeconomics, but it's geopolitics too. The current power play consists of an extraordinary range of countries simultaneously sitting down to negotiate big free trade and investment agreements.
2013 July 19, Timothy Garton Ash, “Where Dr Pangloss meets Machiavelli”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 6, page 18
Of recent origin; having taken place recently. examples
Additional; recently discovered. examples
Current or later, as opposed to former. examples
Used to distinguish something established more recently, named after something or some place previously existing. examples
In original condition; pristine; not previously worn or used. examples
Refreshed, reinvigorated, reformed. examples
Newborn. examples
Strange, unfamiliar or not previously known. quotations examples
Investors face a quandary. Cash offers a return of virtually zero in many developed countries; government-bond yields may have risen in recent weeks but they are still unattractive. Equities have suffered two big bear markets since 2000 and are wobbling again. It is hardly surprising that pension funds, insurers and endowments are searching for new sources of return.
2013 July 6, “The rise of smart beta”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8843, page 68
Recently arrived or appeared. quotations examples
'Twas early June, the new grass was flourishing everywheres, the posies in the yard—peonies and such—in full bloom, the sun was shining, and the water of the bay was blue, with light green streaks where the shoal showed.
1913, Joseph C. Lincoln, chapter 1, in Mr. Pratt's Patients
Inexperienced or unaccustomed at some task. examples
(of a period of time) Next; about to begin or recently begun. examples
comparative more new, superlative most new
Newly (especially in composition). examples
As new; from scratch. examples
usually uncountable, plural news
Things that are new. examples
(Australia, uncountable) A typically light-coloured lager brewed by the bottom-fermentation method. examples
(UK, naval slang) A naval cadet who has just embarked on training. quotations
In the Britannia "news" were worms, to be trodden on […]
1956, Naval Review (London), volume 44, page 286
third-person singular simple present news, present participle newing, simple past and past participle newed
(programming) Synonym of new up examples
(obsolete) To make new; to recreate; to renew.