Definition of "news"

news

/njuːz/

noun
uncountable
1. New information of interest.
  Quotations
  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: […]
  1593, anonymous author, The Life and Death of Iacke Straw […], Act I
  Sirrah, your lord and master's married; there's news for you: you have a new mistress.
  c. 1604–1605 (date written), William Shakespeare, “All’s Well, that Ends Well”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, [Act II, scene iii]
2. Information about current events disseminated via media.
3. (Internet) Messages posted on newsgroups.
  Quotations
  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.
  2012, Christopher Lueg, ‎Danyel Fisher, From Usenet to CoWebs (page 207)
verb
third-person singular simple present newses, present participle newsing, simple past and past participle newsed
1. (transitive, archaic) To report; to make known.
  Quotations
  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