new

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈnjuː/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/nu, nju/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(no̅o̅, nyo̅o̅)

Inflections of 'new' (adj):
newer
adj comparative
newest
adj superlative

Collocations for "new"


Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "new" in context.

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new

ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.
adj
  1. bought a new [car, house, bike]
  2. release a new [single, album]
  3. had a new [idea, concept]
  4. is [not, a relatively] new [idea]
  5. am a new [user, member, student]
  6. new and [used, exciting]
  7. am new to the [city, office, school, area]
  8. am new to [bowling, knitting]
  9. is (all) very new to me
  10. [it, that]'s nothing new
  11. tell me something new!
  12. New Year's [resolution, party]
  13. a new era in [space travel, politics]
  14. discover a new [star, planet, comet]
  15. a whole new [perspective, understanding]
  16. it's [great, nice] to see some new faces
  17. [marriage, work, the responsibility] made him a new man
  18. feeding the new [baby, lambs, calves, piglets]
  19. [they are, his family is] new money
  20. [is, sold, bought it] brand new
  21. informal: brand spanking new
  22. informal: a brand spanking new [smartphone, car]
n
  1. out with the old and in with the new
  2. to make way for the new
additional examples
  1. out with the old and in with the new
  2. bought a new [car, house, bike]
  3. to make way for the new
  4. release a new [single, album]
  5. had a new [idea, concept]
  6. is [not, a relatively] new [idea]
  7. am a new [user, member, student]
  8. new and [used, exciting]
  9. am new to the [city, office, school, area]
  10. am new to [bowling, knitting]
  11. is (all) very new to me
  12. [it, that]'s nothing new
  13. tell me something new!
  14. New Year's [resolution, party]
  15. a new era in [space travel, politics]
  16. discover a new [star, planet, comet]
  17. a whole new [perspective, understanding]
  18. it's [great, nice] to see some new faces
  19. [marriage, work, the responsibility] made him a new man
  20. feeding the new [baby, lambs, calves, piglets]
  21. [they are, his family is] new money
  22. [is, sold, bought it] brand new
  23. informal: brand spanking new
  24. informal: a brand spanking new [smartphone, car]
  25. a new-found [theory, friend]
  26. new-mown [hay, grass, meadow]
'new' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
AIDS - Australia - CEO - European - God - Italian - January - Netherlands - North - October - Pope - Wednesday - about - accent - account - accountant - acquisition - actor - adapt - add - addition - address - adjust - adjustment - administration - administrative - admission - advance - advert - advertisement - afford - agent - air - aircraft - airplane - album - alert - alien - alloy - ambitious - ancient - angle - anything - apartment - appliance - applicant - application - appointment - apprentice - apprenticeship

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