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news
[ nooz, nyooz ]
noun
- a report of a recent event; intelligence; information:
His family has had no news of his whereabouts for months.
- such reports taken collectively; information reported:
There's good news tonight.
- a person, thing, or event considered as a choice subject for journalistic treatment; newsworthy material. Compare copy ( def 5 ).
news
/ ː /
noun
- current events; important or interesting recent happenings
- information about such events, as in the mass media
- a presentation, such as a radio broadcast, of information of this type
the news is at six
- ( in combination )
a newscaster
- interesting or important information not previously known or realized
it's news to me
- a person, fashion, etc, widely reported in the mass media
she is no longer news in the film world
Derived Forms
- ˈԱɲ, adjective
Other Word Forms
- Աɲl adjective
- Աɲl·ness noun
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of news1
Idioms and Phrases
see bad news ; break the news ; no news is good news .Example Sentences
At her daily news conference Tuesday, Sheinbaum said Mexico has not signed a formal agreement with the U.S. to take any so-called “third-party” migrants.
The “Steve’s Lava Chicken” song from “A Minecraft Movie” has landed on Billboard’s Hot 100 chart, according to the music news outlet itself.
In 2019, news broke that the “Crazy Rich Asians” sequel hit a significant roadblock as Lim exited the project over pay disparity.
By Kanye West’s recent standards, the surprise release of his “lost” album “Donda 2” to streaming services is relatively sedate news.
Word of California’s somersault over the fading Japan generated coverage in newspapers coast to coast, cable news and even as far afield as the BBC.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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