new

new /nu/

1. not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered; "a new law"; "new cars"; "a new comet"; "a new friend"; "a new year"; "the New World"

2. original and of a kind not seen before; "the computer produced a completely novel proof of a well-known theorem"

synset: fresh, new, novel

3. lacking training or experience; "the new men were eager to fight"; "raw recruits"

synset: raw, new

4. having no previous example or precedent or parallel; "a time of unexampled prosperity"

synset: new, unexampled

5. other than the former one(s); different; "they now have a new leaders"; "my new car is four years old but has only 15,000 miles on it"; "ready to take a new direction"

6. unaffected by use or exposure; "it looks like new"

7. in use after medieval times; "New Eqyptian was the language of the 18th to 21st dynasties"

8. used of a living language; being the current stage in its development; "Modern English"; "New Hebrew is Israeli Hebrew"

synset: Modern, New

9. (of crops) harvested at an early stage of development; before complete maturity; "new potatoes"; "young corn"

synset: new, young

10. (often followed by `to') unfamiliar; "new experiences"; "experiences new to him"; "errors of someone new to the job"

1. very recently; "they are newly married"; "newly raised objections"; "a newly arranged hairdo"; "grass new washed by the rain"; "a freshly cleaned floor"; "we are fresh out of tomatoes"

synset: newly, freshly, fresh, new

Princeton University "About WordNet." WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

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