Dictionary Entry
new
new is a 3-letter English word with 21 senses as adverb, transitive/intransitive verb, and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Having existed, or having been made, but a short time; having originated or occured lately; having recently come into existence, or into one's possession; not early or long in being; of late origin; recent; fresh; modern; -- opposed to old, as, a new coat; a new house; a new book; a new fashion. Face value is 6 in Scrabble and 7 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
3 letters · Scrabble 6 · Words With Friends 7 · 21 senses
Definitions
- 1superlative
Having existed, or having been made, but a short time; having originated or occured lately; having recently come into existence, or into one's possession; not early or long in being; of late origin; recent; fresh; modern; -- opposed to old, as, a new coat; a new house; a new book; a new fashion.
- 2superlative
Not before seen or known, although existing before; lately manifested; recently discovered; as, a new metal; a new planet; new scenes.
- 3superlative
Newly beginning or recurring; starting anew; now commencing; different from has been; as, a new year; a new course or direction.
- 4superlative
As if lately begun or made; having the state or quality of original freshness; also, changed for the better; renovated; unworn; untried; unspent; as, rest and travel made him a new man.
- 5superlative
Not of ancient extraction, or of a family of ancient descent; not previously kniwn or famous.
- 6superlative
Not habituated; not familiar; unaccustomed.
- 7superlative
Fresh from anything; newly come.
- 8adverb
Newly; recently.
- 9transitive/intransitive verb
To make new; to renew.
- 10adjective
unfamiliar
"new experiences"
"experiences new to him"
- 11adjective
having no previous example or precedent or parallel
"a time of unexampled prosperity"
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- 12adjective
(of crops) harvested at an early stage of development; before complete maturity
"new potatoes"
"young corn"
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- 13adjective
used of a living language; being the current stage in its development
"Modern English"
"New Hebrew is Israeli Hebrew"
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- 14adjective
in use after medieval times
"New Eqyptian was the language of the 18th to 21st dynasties"
- 15adjective
lacking training or experience
"the new men were eager to fight"
"raw recruits"
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- 16adjective
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
"a new law"
"new cars"
- 17adjective
original and of a kind not seen before
"the computer produced a completely novel proof of a well-known theorem"
- 18adjective
(of a new kind or fashion) gratuitously new
"newfangled ideas"
"she buys all these new-fangled machines and never uses them"
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- 19adjective
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"
- 20adjective
unaffected by use or exposure
"it looks like new"
- 21adverb
very recently
"they are newly married"
"newly raised objections"
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