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  1. 1

    ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Newar.

Adjective
  1. 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.
    • I can't see you for a while; the pain is still too new. Did you see the new King Lear at the theatre?
  2. 2

    Of recent origin; having taken place recently.

    • I can't see you for a while; the pain is still too new. Did you see the new King Lear at the theatre?
  3. 3

    Additional; recently discovered.

    • We turned up some new evidence from the old files.
  4. 4

    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.
  5. 5

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

    • New Bond Street is an extension of Bond Street.
  6. 6

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

    • Are you going to buy a new car or a second-hand one?
  7. 7

    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.
  8. 8

    Newborn.

    • My sister has a new baby, and our mother is excited to finally have a grandchild.
  9. 9

    Strange, unfamiliar or not previously known.

    • The idea was new to me. I need to meet new people.
  10. 10

    Recently arrived or appeared.

    • Have you met the new guy in town? He is the new kid at school.
  11. 11

    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.
  12. 12

    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. 1

    Synonym of newly, especially in composition.

    • new-born, new-formed, new-found, new-mown hay, new-laid eggs
  2. 2

    As new; from scratch.

    • They are scraping the site clean to build new.
Noun
  1. 1

    Things that are new.

    • Out with the old, in with the new.
  2. 2

    A typically light-coloured lager brewed by the bottom-fermentation method.

  3. 3

    A naval cadet who has just embarked on training.

Verb
  1. 1

    Synonym of new up.

  2. 2

    To make new; to recreate; to renew.

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