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new: new (adj.) O.E. neowe, niowe, earlier niwe "new, fresh, recent, novel, unheard-of, different from the old; untried, inexperienced," from P.Gmc. *newjaz (Cf. O.S. niuwi, O.Fris. nie, M.Du. nieuwe, Du. nieuw, O.H.G. niuwl, Ger. neu, Dan., Swed. ny, Goth. niujis "new"), from PIE *newo- "new" (Cf. Skt. navah, Pers. nau, Hittite newash, Gk. neos, Lith. naujas, O.C.S. novu, Rus. novyi, L. novus, O.Ir. nue, Welsh newydd "new").

The adverb is O.E. niwe, from the adjective. New math in reference to a system of teaching mathematics based on investigation and discovery is from 1958. New World (adj.) to designate phenomena of the Western Hemisphere first attested 1823, in Lord Byron; the noun phrase is recorded from 1550s. New Deal in the FDR sense attested by 1932. New school in reference to the more advanced or liberal faction of something is from 1806. New Left (1960) was a coinage of U.S. political sociologist C. Wright Mills (1916-1962). New light in reference to religions is from 1640s. New frontier, in U.S. politics, "reform and social betterment," is from 1934 but associated with John F. Kennedy's use of it in 1960.

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Novel, fresh, of recent origin / Recent, modern, of the present day / Just discovered, recently made known, strange / Unaccustomed, unused / Repaired, renovated, reinvigorated / Starting anew, commencing, renovated / Newly come

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New — (n[=u]), a. [Compar. {Newer} (n[=u] [ e]r); superl. {Newest}.] [OE. OE. newe, AS. niwe, neowe; akin to D. nieuw, OS. niwi, OHG. niuwi, G. neu, Icel. n[=y]r, Dan. & Sw. ny, Goth. niujis, Lith. naujas, Russ. novuii, Ir. nua, nuadh, Gael. nuadh, W.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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New — (n[=u]), adv. Newly; recently. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] Note: New is much used in composition, adverbially, in the sense of newly, recently, to qualify other words, as in new born, new formed, new found, new mown. [1913 Webster] {Of new}, anew.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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New — New, v. t. & i. To make new; to renew. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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new — I. adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Old English nīwe; akin to Old High German niuwi new, Latin novus, Greek neos Date: before 12th century 1. having recently come into existence ; recent, modern 2. a. (1) having been seen, used, or known … New Collegiate Dictionary
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new — See: TURN OVER A NEW LEAF … Dictionary of American idioms

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