News
[njuːz] or [nuz]
Definition
(noun.) information about recent and important events; 'they awaited news of the outcome'.
(noun.) informal information of any kind that is not previously known to someone; 'it was news to me'.
(noun.) information reported in a newspaper or news magazine; 'the news of my death was greatly exaggerated'.
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Definition
(n) A report of recent occurences; information of something that has lately taken place, or of something before unknown; fresh tindings; recent intelligence.
(n) Something strange or newly happened.
(n) A bearer of news; a courier; a newspaper.
Editor: Winthrop
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Tidings, intelligence, information, advice, word, piece of information, recent accounts.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Intelligence, Information, tidings,[See INTELLIGENCE]
Editor: Mervin
Definition
n.sing. something heard of that is new: recent account: first information of something that has just happened or of something not formerly known: intelligence.—v.t. to report.—ns. News′agent one who deals in newspapers; News′boy News′man a boy or man who delivers or sells newspapers; News′-house a printing-office for newspapers only; News′letter an occasional letter or printed sheet containing news the predecessor of the regular newspaper; News′monger one who deals in news: one who spends much time in hearing and telling news; News′paper a paper published periodically for circulating news &c.—the first English newspaper was published in 1622; News′paperdom; News′paperism.—adj. News′papery superficial.—ns. News′room a room where newspapers magazines &c. lie to be read; News′vender a seller of newspapers; News′-writ′er a reporter or writer of news.—adj. News′y gossipy.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To hear good news in a dream, denotes that you will be fortunate in affairs, and have harmonious companions; but if the news be bad, contrary conditions will exist.
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Examples
- No bad news, Colonel, I hope; said Mrs. Jennings, as soon as he entered the room. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- Amelia took the news very palely and calmly. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- The operator had worked so mechanically that he had handled the news without the slightest knowledge of its significance. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- I ask them what news in Londra, of foreigners arrived. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- I remembered the furtive hatred in her face when she said, There is no news of Sir Percival that I don't expect--except the news of his death. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- The news of these reverses caused a very great excitement in Germany and Austria, and the Tsar assumed a more arrogant attitude towards his ally. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- By Jove, that's good news! Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- I wonder how she will take this news? Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- The news that Dejah Thoris had promised her hand to Sab Than filled him with dismay. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- When I returned to the pilot house to report the good news to my companion he handed me a paper. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Mrs. Sedley was all excitement about this news. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- What was the news? Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- When they heard the news, one was too ill to move; the other made his helot guide him to the battle, and there struck blindly until he was killed. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Then I shall call upon you in a day, or in two days, with news as to the box and the papers. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- She could only tell me that it was 'just the news,'--meaning, I suppose, that they all talked as usual about each other. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- No bad news, Colonel, I hope; said Mrs. Jennings, as soon as he entered the room. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- Amelia took the news very palely and calmly. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- The operator had worked so mechanically that he had handled the news without the slightest knowledge of its significance. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- I ask them what news in Londra, of foreigners arrived. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- I remembered the furtive hatred in her face when she said, There is no news of Sir Percival that I don't expect--except the news of his death. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- The news of these reverses caused a very great excitement in Germany and Austria, and the Tsar assumed a more arrogant attitude towards his ally. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- By Jove, that's good news! Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- I wonder how she will take this news? Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- The news that Dejah Thoris had promised her hand to Sab Than filled him with dismay. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- When I returned to the pilot house to report the good news to my companion he handed me a paper. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Mrs. Sedley was all excitement about this news. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- What was the news? Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- When they heard the news, one was too ill to move; the other made his helot guide him to the battle, and there struck blindly until he was killed. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Then I shall call upon you in a day, or in two days, with news as to the box and the papers. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- She could only tell me that it was 'just the news,'--meaning, I suppose, that they all talked as usual about each other. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
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