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New

adjective

(compar. newer; superl. newest)

1.

Not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered. "New cars" , "A new comet" , "A new friend" , "A new year" , "The New World" Antonym: old.

2.

Original and of a kind not seen before. Synonyms: fresh, novel.

3.

Lacking training or experience. Synonym: raw. "Raw recruits"

4.

Having no previous example or precedent or parallel. Synonym: unexampled.

5.

Other than the former one(s); different. "My new car is four years old but has only 15,000 miles on it" , "Ready to take a new direction"

6.

Unaffected by use or exposure. Antonym: worn.

7.

(of a new kind or fashion) gratuitously new. Synonym: newfangled. "She buys all these new-fangled machines and never uses them"

8.

In use after medieval times.

9.

Used of a living language; being the current stage in its development. Synonym: Modern. "New Hebrew is Israeli Hebrew"

10.

(of crops) harvested at an early stage of development; before complete maturity. Synonym: young. "Young corn"

11.

Unfamiliar. "Experiences new to him" , "Errors of someone new to the job"

adverb

1.

Very recently. Synonyms: fresh, freshly, newly. "Newly raised objections" , "A newly arranged hairdo" , "Grass new washed by the rain" , "A freshly cleaned floor" , "We are fresh out of tomatoes"

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... take place after a fair trial. There is no necessity to call witnesses, or to go through any court of law formalities. You two are perfectly cognizant of everything that has taken place, and no testimony will either strengthen or weaken that knowledge. As a preliminary, take Kurzbold, the new president, and Gensbein, his lieutenant, from among that group, and set them apart. Two members of the crew will carry out this order," ...

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... incorporated with rubber-hydrocarbon mixtures, and these mixtures can be used both as water-proofing films, as applied to textiles, or can be solidified into the class of goods known as 'mechanicals.' The cellulose not only cheapens the mixture, but produces new technical effects. ...

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