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{ "term": "new", "partOfSpeech": "adjectivenoun", "ox3000": true, "cefr": "a1", "definitions": [ { "senseNumber": 1, "definition": "not existing before; recently made, invented, introduced, etc.", "cefr": "a1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "Have you read her new novel?" }, { "text": "We retrain staff to use the **new technology**." }, { "text": "The company is trialling a new security system." }, { "text": "Have you seen Danielle's new baby?" }, { "text": "a new addition to the family *(= a baby)*" }, { "text": "The school secretary wants to introduce new ways of doing things in the office." }, { "text": "This idea isn't new." }, { "text": "The latest model has over 100 new features." }, { "text": "Check out the band's new album." }, { "text": "There is nothing new in teenagers wanting to change the world." }, { "text": "These ideas are not entirely new." }, { "text": "The brand is still relatively new in the United States." }, { "text": "genuinely new approaches to data recording" }, { "text": "It's a totally new and innovative design." }, { "text": "I'm knitting a teddy for the new baby due in July." }, { "text": "He drew a picture for his new baby brother." } ], "collocations": { "verbs": ["be", "look"], "adverb": ["brand", "spanking", "fairly"] } }, { "senseNumber": 2, "definition": "something that is new", "examples": [ { "text": "It was a good mix of the old and the new." } ] }, { "senseNumber": 3, "definition": "recently bought", "cefr": "a1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "Let me show you my new dress." }, { "text": "The car still looks new." }, { "text": "They are very proud of their spanking new kitchen." } ], "collocations": { "verbs": ["be", "look"], "adverb": ["brand", "spanking", "fairly"] } }, { "senseNumber": 4, "definition": "not used or owned by anyone before", "cefr": "a1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "A second-hand car costs a fraction of a new one." }, { "text": "They are building 500 new houses in the town." } ], "collocations": { "verbs": ["be", "look"], "adverb": ["brand", "spanking", "fairly"] } }, { "senseNumber": 5, "definition": "different from the previous one", "cefr": "a1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "I like your new hairstyle." }, { "text": "When do you start your new job?" }, { "text": "He's made a lot of new friends." }, { "text": "Do you have her new phone number?" }, { "text": "Jamila likes to try the new fashions coming in from Pakistan." }, { "text": "He couldn't stand the new breed of career politicians." } ], "collocations": { "verbs": ["be"], "adverb": ["very", "fairly", "completely"], "preposition": ["to"], "phrases": ["nothing new about something", "nothing new in something"] } }, { "senseNumber": 6, "definition": "already existing but not seen, experienced, etc. before; not familiar", "sensetop": "new to somebody", "cefr": "a1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "This is a new experience for me." }, { "text": "I'd like to learn a new language." }, { "text": "the discovery of a new star" }, { "text": "Scientists have identified an **entirely new** species." }, { "text": "Manga is drawing in a **whole new** generation of readers." }, { "text": "to try/learn/do something new" }, { "text": "Our system is probably new to you.", "contextForm": "new to somebody" }, { "text": "Hard work is nothing new to Bill." }, { "text": "It was all very new and strange to me." }, { "text": "The book has nothing new to say about the Stones." }, { "text": "Farming is a new way of life for many young people." } ], "collocations": { "verbs": ["be"], "adverb": ["very", "fairly", "completely"], "preposition": ["to"], "phrases": ["nothing new about something", "nothing new in something"] } }, { "senseNumber": 7, "definition": "not yet familiar with something because you have only just started, arrived, etc.", "sensetop": "new to something", "cefr": "a1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "You're new here, aren't you?" }, { "text": "New arrivals should have their passports ready for inspection." }, { "text": "We offer intensive training to all new recruits." }, { "text": "I should tell you, I'm completely new to this kind of work.", "contextForm": "new to something" }, { "text": "I am new to the town." }, { "text": "New students will be given a tour of the college facilities." }, { "text": "I was fairly new to teaching at the time." }, { "text": "He was new to the job and had not known how to deal with the situation." }, { "text": "It's too much to ask of someone who is so new to the profession." }, { "text": "She's still quite new to the job and needs a lot of help." }, { "text": "You're new in this town, aren't you?" } ] }, { "senseNumber": 8, "definition": "just beginning or beginning again", "cefr": "a1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "a new day" }, { "text": "It was a new era in the history of our country." }, { "text": "She went to Australia to start a new life." } ] }, { "senseNumber": 9, "definition": "used in compounds to describe something that has recently happened", "examples": [ { "text": "He was enjoying his new-found freedom." } ] }, { "senseNumber": 10, "definition": "modern; of the latest type", "examples": [ { "text": "the new morality" }, { "text": "They called themselves the New Romantics." } ] }, { "senseNumber": 11, "definition": "having fresh energy, courage or health", "examples": [ { "text": "Since he changed jobs he's looked like a new man." } ] }, { "senseNumber": 12, "definition": "only recently produced or developed", "examples": [ { "text": "The new buds are appearing on the trees now." }, { "text": "new potatoes *(= ones dug from the soil early in the season)*" } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "a situation or society that changes in a way that is meant to improve people’s lives but is often a source of extra problems", "examples": [ { "text": "the brave new world of technology" }, { "text": "the architects' vision of a brave new world of pristine concrete" } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to make a new discovery or do something that has not been done before", "examples": [ { "text": "Her architectural designs have broken new ground." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to improve something by introducing new ideas and making people more interested in it", "examples": [ { "text": "The results of their research have breathed new life into the debate." }, { "text": "He hopes the development will breathe new life into the community." }, { "text": "They need some new, younger staff to breathe some life into the company." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "used to describe a situation in which everybody suddenly realizes that they were wrong to believe that somebody/something was very good, important, etc.", "examples": [ { "text": "Is this artist's white canvas a case of the emperor's new clothes or is it something beautiful, even moving?" }, { "text": "Soon investors will realize that the emperor has no clothes and there will be a big sell-off in stocks." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "in very good condition, as it was when it was new", "examples": [ { "text": "I've had your coat cleaned—it's as good as new now." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "used to say that something has become very fashionable and can be thought of as replacing something else", "labels": "(informal)", "examples": [ { "text": "Brown is the new black." }, { "text": "Comedy is the new rock and roll." }, { "text": "Fifty is the new forty." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "new members or employees, especially young ones, with new ideas or ways of doing things", "examples": [ { "text": "This company badly needs to bring in some new blood." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "a person who has just started to work for an organization, department, etc., especially in a senior job, and who is likely to make a lot of changes", "labels": "(British English, often disapproving)", "examples": [ { "text": "Well, you know what they say—**a new broom sweeps clean**." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "a person who is new to a place, an organization, etc.", "labels": "(informal)", "examples": [ { "text": "Despite his six years in politics, he was still regarded by many as the new kid on the block." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "a situation that used to be unusual but is now what you should expect", "examples": [ { "text": "This is not a temporary blip—this is the new normal." }, { "text": "Scientists say these weather patterns could be the new normal for Florida." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "used to say that you have not heard a particular idea, piece of information, joke, etc. before", "labels": "(informal)", "examples": [ { "text": "‘Have you come across this before?’ ‘No, it's a new one on me.’" } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to change the way that a situation appears", "examples": [ { "text": "What you have told us puts a different complexion on the situation." }, { "text": "This puts a whole new complexion on the matter." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to behave in a worse way than ever before", "examples": [ { "text": "The government has stooped to an all-time low with this policy." }, { "text": "Reality TV has sunk to new lows." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "(you cannot) successfully make people change their ideas, methods of work, etc., when they have had them for a long time", "labels": "(saying)", "examples": [] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to change your way of life to become a better, more responsible person", "examples": [] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "used as a friendly greeting", "labels": "(informal)", "examples": [ { "text": "Hi! What's new?" } ] } ], "pronunciations": { "uk": [ { "pronunciation": "/njuː/", "audio": "ne/new/new__gb_2.mp3" } ], "us": [ { "pronunciation": "/nuː/", "audio": "ne/new/new__us_1.mp3" } ] }, "wordOrigin": "Old English nīwe, nēowe, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch nieuw and German neu, from an Indo-European root shared by Sanskrit nava, Latin novus, and Greek neos ‘new’." }