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{
"term": "news",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "new information about something that has happened recently",
"sensetop": "news of somebody/somethingnews on somethingnews about somebody/somethingnews that…",
"labels": "(informal)",
"cefr": "a1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "What's the latest news?"
},
{
"text": "Have you **heard the news**? Pat's leaving!"
},
{
"text": "That's great news."
},
{
"text": "Tell me all your news."
},
{
"text": "Do you want the **good news** or the **bad news** first?"
},
{
"text": "saddened/shocked/surprised by the news"
},
{
"text": "Here's a **piece of news** that may interest you."
},
{
"text": "We've had a **bit of** good **news**."
},
{
"text": "Have you had any news of Patrick?",
"contextForm": "news of somebody/something"
},
{
"text": "Any news on the deal?",
"contextForm": "news on something"
},
{
"text": "He gave me some news about the office move.",
"contextForm": "news about somebody/something"
},
{
"text": "Messengers brought news that the battle had been lost.",
"contextForm": "news that…"
},
{
"text": "It's **news to me** *(= I haven't heard it before)*."
},
{
"text": "Great news! We've bought the house."
},
{
"text": "He took a moment to digest the unbelievable news."
},
{
"text": "He shared his good news with everyone else in the office."
},
{
"text": "I don't really have any news to report."
},
{
"text": "I want to catch up on all your news."
},
{
"text": "They are waiting for news of their relatives."
},
{
"text": "It was news to me that they were married."
},
{
"text": "Joan came in with the news that a pay rise had been agreed."
},
{
"text": "Mrs Trowsdale will be celebrating the news with her family."
},
{
"text": "She ran from office to office, spreading the news."
},
{
"text": "She went completely to pieces at the news of his death."
},
{
"text": "The good news is that we've all been given an extra day's leave."
},
{
"text": "The news spread like wildfire."
},
{
"text": "The news was greeted with astonishment."
},
{
"text": "The company refused to confirm the news."
},
{
"text": "Investors welcomed the news, pushing shares up 6.1%."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["brilliant", "excellent", "fantastic"],
"… of news": ["bit", "item", "piece"],
"verb + news": ["catch", "get", "have"],
"news + verb": ["come", "come in", "come through"],
"news + noun": ["broadcast", "bulletin", "flash"],
"preposition": ["at the news", "in the news", "with the news"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "reports of recent events that appear in newspapers or on television, radio or the internet",
"sensetop": "news of somethingnews on somethingnews about somebody/somethingin the news",
"cefr": "a1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "**national/international/local news**"
},
{
"text": "a **news story/item/report**"
},
{
"text": "a TV/radio **news bulletin**"
},
{
"text": "**news media/coverage**"
},
{
"text": "You can catch all the latest news on our website."
},
{
"text": "The wedding was **front-page news**."
},
{
"text": "News of a serious road accident is just coming in.",
"contextForm": "news of something"
},
{
"text": "Is there any news on the car bomb attack?",
"contextForm": "news on something"
},
{
"text": "I'm not interested in news about celebrities.",
"contextForm": "news about somebody/something"
},
{
"text": "She is always in the news.",
"contextForm": "in the news"
},
{
"text": "I work for a 24-hour news channel."
},
{
"text": "And now with news from the Games, over to our Olympic correspondent."
},
{
"text": "Drug companies tend to bury news of drug failures."
},
{
"text": "I follow food industry news fairly closely."
},
{
"text": "If you're a news junkie, you can get updates mailed to you."
},
{
"text": "It was front-page news at the time."
},
{
"text": "It's the reporter's job to go out and gather news."
},
{
"text": "News coverage of the fighting was extremely biased."
},
{
"text": "News is coming in of a large fire in central London."
},
{
"text": "News of their engagement was leaked to the press."
},
{
"text": "She's been in the news a lot lately."
},
{
"text": "Some late news has just come in."
},
{
"text": "The actor's family released news of his death last night."
},
{
"text": "The news broke while we were away."
},
{
"text": "The news was posted on the band's website."
},
{
"text": "You can get news alerts through your cell phone."
},
{
"text": "a downloadable news digest"
},
{
"text": "news of fresh killings"
},
{
"text": "He gave his first news briefing since being appointed."
},
{
"text": "Every news channel covered the story."
},
{
"text": "Our school was mentioned in the news."
}
],
"topics": ["TV, radio and news"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["brilliant", "excellent", "fantastic"],
"… of news": ["bit", "item", "piece"],
"verb + news": ["catch", "get", "have"],
"news + verb": ["come", "come in", "come through"],
"news + noun": ["broadcast", "bulletin", "flash"],
"preposition": ["at the news", "in the news", "with the news"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "a regular television or radio broadcast of the latest news",
"sensetop": "on the news",
"cefr": "a1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "to **listen to/watch the news**"
},
{
"text": "Can you put the news on?"
},
{
"text": "the ten o’clock news"
},
{
"text": "I saw it on the news.",
"contextForm": "on the news"
},
{
"text": "I heard it on the ten o'clock news."
},
{
"text": "I heard it on the evening news."
},
{
"text": "California's energy crisis dominated the news."
},
{
"text": "It was a very minor incident and barely made the news."
},
{
"text": "The news is read by Harriet Daly."
}
],
"topics": ["TV, radio and news"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["radio", "television", "TV"],
"verb + the news": ["hear", "listen to", "see"],
"preposition": ["in the news", "on the news"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "a person, thing or event that is considered to be interesting enough to be reported as news",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Pop stars are always news."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to be likely to cause problems",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Central heating is bad news for indoor plants."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to be likely to be helpful or give an advantage",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The cut in interest rates is good news for homeowners."
},
{
"text": "The good news is that there's still plenty of money available."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to be the first to tell somebody some bad news",
"examples": [
{
"text": "There's no easy way to break the news."
},
{
"text": "The police had to break the news to the boy's parents."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "if there were bad news we would hear it, so as we have heard nothing, it is likely that nothing bad has happened",
"labels": "(saying)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "I still haven't heard anything about the job, but no news is good news."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/njuːz/",
"audio": "ne/news/news__gb_2.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/nuːz/",
"audio": "ne/news/news__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late Middle English: plural of new, translating Old French noveles or medieval Latin nova ‘new things’."
}