Definition of
News
- (noun, communication) information about recent and important events
- (noun, communication) information reported in a newspaper or news magazine
- (noun, communication) a program devoted to current events, often using interviews and commentary
- (noun, communication) informal information of any kind that is not previously known to someone
- (noun, attribute) the quality of being sufficiently interesting to be reported in news bulletins
he is no longer news in the fashion world
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Synonyms of News
intelligence, news program, news show, newsworthiness, tidings, word
Alternate forms of News
Derivations: newsy
Hyponyms: account, business news, coverage, good word, hard news, latest, news report, newscast, report, reportage, reporting, soft news, stop press, story, television news, update, write up
Hypernyms: broadcast, info, information, interest, interestingness, program, programme
Origin of the word News
- late 14c., plural of new (n.) "new thing," from new (adj.), q.v.; after Fr. nouvelles, used in Bible translations to render M.L. nova (neut. pl.) "news," lit. "new things." Sometimes still regarded as plural, 17c.-19c. Meaning "tidings" is early 15c. The News in the Virginia city Newport News is said to derive from the name of one of its found… more
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