news
See also: News
English edit
Alternative forms edit
- newes (obsolete)
Etymology edit
From Middle English newes, newys (“new things”), equivalent to new (noun) + -s. Compare Saterland Frisian Näis (“news”), East Frisian näjs (“news”), West Frisian nijs (“news”), Dutch nieuws (“news”), German Low German Neeis (“new things; news”), though unlike the English word, these originated as genitives, not plurals. Sometimes erroneously claimed to be an acronym of "North, East, West, South" or "Noteworthy Events, Weather, Sports".
Pronunciation edit
- (UK) enPR: nyo͞oz, IPA(key): /njuːz/
- (US) IPA(key): /n(j)uz/
Audio (US, California) (file) Audio (file) - Homophones: gnus, nus (in some dialects)
- Hyphenation: news
- Rhymes: -uːz
Noun edit
news (uncountable)
- New information of interest.
- Is there any news about the storm?
- That was not much news in the press release.
- 1593, anonymous author, The Life and Death of Iacke Straw […], Act I:
- 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: […]
- 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, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iii], page 239, column 1:
- Sirra, your Lord and maſters married, there's newes for you: you haue a new Miſtris.
- a. 1630, David Hume of Godscroft, The History of the Houses of Douglas and Angus, Edinburgh: […] Evan Tyler, […], published 1644, page 302:
- When theſe news were brought to him, ſome counſelled him to go to Stirlin, where the King was, and where he would be the ſtronger.
- Information about current events disseminated via media.
- Did you hear/read/see the latest news?
- The news is that a new leader will be elected in one month.
- I heard about the earthquake on the morning news.
- (Internet) Messages posted on newsgroups.
- 2012, Christopher Lueg, Danyel Fisher, From Usenet to CoWebs, page 207:
- 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.
Usage notes edit
Formerly plural (e.g., “these news are” instead of “this news is”).
Hyponyms edit
Derived terms edit
- bad news travels fast
- bearer of bad news
- break the news
- cybernews
- e-news
- fake news
- galley news
- have I got news for you
- ill news spreads apace
- in other news
- I've got news for you
- Job's-news
- Job's news
- junk food news
- junk news
- make news
- make the news
- mumblenews
- netnews
- newsagency
- news agency
- newsagent
- newsaholic
- news anchor
- newsbeat
- newsbill
- newsboard
- newsboat
- newsbook
- newsbot
- newsbox
- newsboy
- newsbreak
- news butcher
- newscast
- newscaster
- news channel
- news conference
- news correspondent
- news crawl
- newscrawl
- news cycle
- news cyclone
- newsdealer
- newsdesk
- news desk
- newser
- news feature
- news feed
- newsfeed
- newsfilm
- news flash
- newsflash
- newsflow
- newsful
- newsgame
- newsgatherer
- newsgathering
- newsgirl
- newsgroup
- newshand
- newshawk
- newshen
- news hole
- newshound
- news-house
- newsish
- newsjacking
- newslady
- newsless
- newsletter
- newslike
- newsmagazine
- newsmaker
- newsmaking
- newsman
- news media
- newsmonger
- newsmongering
- newsness
- newsnet
- newspaper
- newsperson
- newsplan
- newsprint
- newsreader
- newsreading
- newsreel
- news report
- news reporter
- newsroom
- newsround
- news sheet
- news stand
- newsstand
- news station
- newsstore
- news stream
- newstainment
- newstalk
- news ticker
- newsticker
- newstrade
- newsvan
- newsvendor
- newswatcher
- newsweekly
- newswire
- news wire
- newswoman
- newsworthy
- newswriter
- newswriting
- newsy
- newszine
- Newzak
- no news is good news
- nonnews
- old news
- paranews
- postnews
- rolling news
- slow news day
- that's news to me
- unnews
- yesterday's news
Translations edit
new information of interest
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reports of current events
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Verb edit
news (third-person singular simple present newses, present participle newsing, simple past and past participle newsed)
- (transitive, archaic) To report; to make known.
- 1874, Robert Cowie, Shetland, page 157:
- This remark was newsed abroad; whereupon the loyal authorities of Lerwick immediately had the revolutionary skipper arrested, on a charge of high treason.
References edit
- News (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- news on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Further reading edit
- “news”, in Collins English Dictionary.
- “news”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- “news”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “news”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
Anagrams edit
French edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
news m (plural news)
Mauritian Creole edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
news
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from English news.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
news m animal
- (colloquial) news (new information of interest)
Declension edit
Declension of news
Derived terms edit
adjective