{
    "term": "new",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjectivenoun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "not existing before; recently made, invented, introduced, etc.",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Have you read her new novel?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "We retrain staff to use the **new technology**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The company is trialling a new security system."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Have you seen Danielle's new baby?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a new addition to the family *(= a baby)*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The school secretary wants to introduce new ways of doing things in the office."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This idea isn't new."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The latest model has over 100 new features."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Check out the band's new album."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There is nothing new in teenagers wanting to change the world."
                },
                {
                    "text": "These ideas are not entirely new."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The brand is still relatively new in the United States."
                },
                {
                    "text": "genuinely new approaches to data recording"
                },
                {
                    "text": "It's a totally new and innovative design."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I'm knitting a teddy for the new baby due in July."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He drew a picture for his new baby brother."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "look"],
                "adverb": ["brand", "spanking", "fairly"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "something that is new",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "It was a good mix of the old and the new."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "recently bought",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Let me show you my new dress."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The car still looks new."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They are very proud of their spanking new kitchen."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "look"],
                "adverb": ["brand", "spanking", "fairly"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "not used or owned by anyone before",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "A second-hand car costs a fraction of a new one."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They are building 500 new houses in the town."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "look"],
                "adverb": ["brand", "spanking", "fairly"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "different from the previous one",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I like your new hairstyle."
                },
                {
                    "text": "When do you start your new job?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He's made a lot of new friends."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Do you have her new phone number?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Jamila likes to try the new fashions coming in from Pakistan."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He couldn't stand the new breed of career politicians."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be"],
                "adverb": ["very", "fairly", "completely"],
                "preposition": ["to"],
                "phrases": ["nothing new about something", "nothing new in something"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 6,
            "definition": "already existing but not seen, experienced, etc. before; not familiar",
            "sensetop": "new to somebody",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "This is a new experience for me."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I'd like to learn a new language."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the discovery of a new star"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Scientists have identified an **entirely new** species."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Manga is drawing in a **whole new** generation of readers."
                },
                {
                    "text": "to try/learn/do something new"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Our system is probably new to you.",
                    "contextForm": "new to somebody"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Hard work is nothing new to Bill."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It was all very new and strange to me."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The book has nothing new to say about the Stones."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Farming is a new way of life for many young people."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be"],
                "adverb": ["very", "fairly", "completely"],
                "preposition": ["to"],
                "phrases": ["nothing new about something", "nothing new in something"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 7,
            "definition": "not yet familiar with something because you have only just started, arrived, etc.",
            "sensetop": "new to something",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "You're new here, aren't you?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "New arrivals should have their passports ready for inspection."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We offer intensive training to all new recruits."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I should tell you, I'm completely new to this kind of work.",
                    "contextForm": "new to something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I am new to the town."
                },
                {
                    "text": "New students will be given a tour of the college facilities."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I was fairly new to teaching at the time."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was new to the job and had not known how to deal with the situation."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It's too much to ask of someone who is so new to the profession."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She's still quite new to the job and needs a lot of help."
                },
                {
                    "text": "You're new in this town, aren't you?"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 8,
            "definition": "just beginning or beginning again",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a new day"
                },
                {
                    "text": "It was a new era in the history of our country."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She went to Australia to start a new life."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 9,
            "definition": "used in compounds to describe something that has recently happened",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He was enjoying his new-found freedom."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 10,
            "definition": "modern; of the latest type",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the new morality"
                },
                {
                    "text": "They called themselves the New Romantics."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 11,
            "definition": "having fresh energy, courage or health",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Since he changed jobs he's looked like a new man."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 12,
            "definition": "only recently produced or developed",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The new buds are appearing on the trees now."
                },
                {
                    "text": "new potatoes *(= ones dug from the soil early in the season)*"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "a situation or society that changes in a way that is meant to improve people’s lives but is often a source of extra problems",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the brave new world of technology"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the architects' vision of a brave new world of pristine concrete"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to make a new discovery or do something that has not been done before",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Her architectural designs have broken new ground."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to improve something by introducing new ideas and making people more interested in it",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The results of their research have breathed new life into the debate."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He hopes the development will breathe new life into the community."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They need some new, younger staff to breathe some life into the company."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used to describe a situation in which everybody suddenly realizes that they were wrong to believe that somebody/something was very good, important, etc.",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Is this artist's white canvas a case of the emperor's new clothes or is it something beautiful, even moving?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Soon investors will realize that the emperor has no clothes and there will be a big sell-off in stocks."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "in very good condition, as it was when it was new",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I've had your coat cleaned—it's as good as new now."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used to say that something has become very fashionable and can be thought of as replacing something else",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Brown is the new black."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Comedy is the new rock and roll."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Fifty is the new forty."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "new members or employees, especially young ones, with new ideas or ways of doing things",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "This company badly needs to bring in some new blood."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "a person who has just started to work for an organization, department, etc., especially in a senior job, and who is likely to make a lot of changes",
            "labels": "(British English, often disapproving)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Well, you know what they say—**a new broom sweeps clean**."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "a person who is new to a place, an organization, etc.",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Despite his six years in politics, he was still regarded by many as the new kid on the block."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "a situation that used to be unusual but is now what you should expect",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "This is not a temporary blip—this is the new normal."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Scientists say these weather patterns could be the new normal for Florida."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used to say that you have not heard a particular idea, piece of information, joke, etc. before",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "‘Have you come across this before?’ ‘No, it's a new one on me.’"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to change the way that a situation appears",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "What you have told us puts a different complexion on the situation."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This puts a whole new complexion on the matter."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to behave in a worse way than ever before",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The government has stooped to an all-time low with this policy."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Reality TV has sunk to new lows."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "(you cannot) successfully make people change their ideas, methods of work, etc., when they have had them for a long time",
            "labels": "(saying)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to change your way of life to become a better, more responsible person",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used as a friendly greeting",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Hi! What's new?"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/njuː/",
                "audio": "ne/new/new__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/nuː/",
                "audio": "ne/new/new__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English nīwe, nēowe, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch nieuw and German neu, from an Indo-European root shared by Sanskrit nava, Latin novus, and Greek neos ‘new’."
}