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Meaning of news in English
Pronunciation
/n(j)uz/
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Noun
news
Etymology
late Middle English: plural of new, translating Old French noveles or medieval Latin nova‘new things’
Definitions
1.
new information about specific and timely events
Examples
« they awaited news of the outcome »
2.
new information of any kind
Examples
« it was news to me »
3.
a program devoted to news
Examples
« we watch the 7 o'clock news every night »
4.
information reported in a newspaper or news magazine
Examples
« the news of my death was greatly exaggerated »
5.
the quality of being sufficiently interesting to be reported in news bulletins
Examples
« the judge conceded the newsworthiness of the trial »
« he is no longer news in the fashion world »