adjective
not of long duration
Examples
- having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
- a new law
- new cars
- a new comet
- a new friend
- a new year
- the New World
adjective
original and of a kind not seen before
Synonyms
Examples
- the computer produced a completely novel proof of a well-known theorem
adjective
lacking training or experience
Synonyms
Examples
- the new men were eager to fight
- raw recruits
adjective
having no previous example or precedent or parallel
Synonyms
Examples
- a time of unexampled prosperity
adjective
other than the former one(s)
Synonyms
new(a)
Examples
- different
- they now have a new leaders
- my new car is four years old but has only 15,000 miles on it
- ready to take a new direction
adjective
unaffected by use or exposure
Examples
- it looks like new
adjective
in use after medieval times
Examples
- New Eqyptian was the language of the 18th to 21st dynasties
adjective
used of a living language
Synonyms
Modern
Examples
- being the current stage in its development
- Modern English
- New Hebrew is Israeli Hebrew
adjective
(of crops) harvested at an early stage of development
Synonyms
Examples
- before complete maturity
- new potatoes
- young corn
adjective
(often followed by `to') unfamiliar
Examples
- new experiences
- experiences new to him
- errors of someone new to the job
adverb
very recently
Synonyms
Examples
- they are newly married
- newly raised objections
- a newly arranged hairdo
- grass new washed by the rain
- a freshly cleaned floor
- we are fresh out of tomatoes