news
News is information about a recent event or a recently changed situation.
I've got some good news for you.
Sabine was at home when she heard news of the disaster.
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You also use news to refer to descriptions of recent events on television or radio or in a newspaper.
They continued to broadcast up-to-date news and pictures of these events.
News looks like a plural noun but is in fact an uncountable noun. You use a singular form of a verb after it.
The news is likely to be bad.
I was still in the office when the news was brought to me.
You talk about this news, not ‘these news’.
I had been waiting at home for this news.
Be careful
Don't talk about ‘a news’. You refer to a piece of information as some news, a bit of news, or a piece of news.
Don't talk about ‘a news’. You refer to a piece of information as some news, a bit of news, or a piece of news.
I've got some good news for you.
I've had a bit of bad news.
A respectful silence greeted this piece of news.
A description of an event on television or in a newspaper is a news item or an item of news.
This was a small news item in The Times last Friday.
An item of news in the Sunday paper caught my attention.