Definition of "new" in Anglais

adjective

1. Recently made, or created.

   • This is a new scratch on my car! The band just released a new album.
   • The cookers cost £350 new but £150 secondhand.

2. Additional; recently discovered.

   • We turned up some new evidence from the old files.

3. Current or later, as opposed to former.

   • My new car is much better than my previous one, even though it is older. We had been in our new house for five years by then.

4. Used to distinguish something established more recently, named after something or some place previously existing.

   • New Bond Street is an extension of Bond Street.

5. In original condition; pristine; not previously worn or used.

   • Are you going to buy a new car or a second-hand one?

6. Refreshed, reinvigorated, reformed.

   • That shirt is dirty. Go and put on a new one. I feel like a new person after a good night's sleep. After the accident, I saw the world with new eyes.

7. Newborn.

   • My sister has a new baby, and our mother is excited to finally have a grandchild.

8. Strange, unfamiliar or not previously known.

   • The idea was new to me. I need to meet new people.

9. Recently arrived or appeared.

   • Have you met the new guy in town? He is the new kid at school.

10. Inexperienced or unaccustomed at some task.

    • Don't worry that you're new at this job; you'll get better with time. I'm new at this business, I'm still new to the work.

11. (of a period of time) Next; about to begin or recently begun.

    • We expect to grow at 10% annually in the new decade.

adverb

1. Synonym of newly, especially in composition.

   • Near-synonym: recently
   • new-born, new-formed, new-found, new-mown hay, new-laid eggs

2. As new; from scratch.

   • They are scraping the site clean to build new.

noun

1. (with the, invariable plural only) Things that are new.

   • Out with the old, in with the new.

2. (Australia, uncountable) A typically light-coloured lager brewed by the bottom-fermentation method.

3. (UK, naval slang, countable) A naval cadet who has just embarked on training.