{
    "term": "news",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "new information about something that has happened recently",
            "sensetop": "news of somebody/somethingnews on somethingnews about somebody/somethingnews that…",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "What's the latest news?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Have you **heard the news**? Pat's leaving!"
                },
                {
                    "text": "That's great news."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Tell me all your news."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Do you want the **good news** or the **bad news** first?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "saddened/shocked/surprised by the news"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Here's a **piece of news** that may interest you."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We've had a **bit of** good **news**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Have you had any news of Patrick?",
                    "contextForm": "news of somebody/something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Any news on the deal?",
                    "contextForm": "news on something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He gave me some news about the office move.",
                    "contextForm": "news about somebody/something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Messengers brought news that the battle had been lost.",
                    "contextForm": "news that…"
                },
                {
                    "text": "It's **news to me** *(= I haven't heard it before)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Great news! We've bought the house."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He took a moment to digest the unbelievable news."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He shared his good news with everyone else in the office."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I don't really have any news to report."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I want to catch up on all your news."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They are waiting for news of their relatives."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It was news to me that they were married."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Joan came in with the news that a pay rise had been agreed."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Mrs Trowsdale will be celebrating the news with her family."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She ran from office to office, spreading the news."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She went completely to pieces at the news of his death."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The good news is that we've all been given an extra day's leave."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The news spread like wildfire."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The news was greeted with astonishment."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The company refused to confirm the news."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Investors welcomed the news, pushing shares up 6.1%."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["brilliant", "excellent", "fantastic"],
                "… of news": ["bit", "item", "piece"],
                "verb + news": ["catch", "get", "have"],
                "news + verb": ["come", "come in", "come through"],
                "news + noun": ["broadcast", "bulletin", "flash"],
                "preposition": ["at the news", "in the news", "with the news"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "reports of recent events that appear in newspapers or on television, radio or the internet",
            "sensetop": "news of somethingnews on somethingnews about somebody/somethingin the news",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "**national/international/local news**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a **news story/item/report**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a TV/radio **news bulletin**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "**news media/coverage**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "You can catch all the latest news on our website."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The wedding was **front-page news**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "News of a serious road accident is just coming in.",
                    "contextForm": "news of something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Is there any news on the car bomb attack?",
                    "contextForm": "news on something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I'm not interested in news about celebrities.",
                    "contextForm": "news about somebody/something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She is always in the news.",
                    "contextForm": "in the news"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I work for a 24-hour news channel."
                },
                {
                    "text": "And now with news from the Games, over to our Olympic correspondent."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Drug companies tend to bury news of drug failures."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I follow food industry news fairly closely."
                },
                {
                    "text": "If you're a news junkie, you can get updates mailed to you."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It was front-page news at the time."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It's the reporter's job to go out and gather news."
                },
                {
                    "text": "News coverage of the fighting was extremely biased."
                },
                {
                    "text": "News is coming in of a large fire in central London."
                },
                {
                    "text": "News of their engagement was leaked to the press."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She's been in the news a lot lately."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Some late news has just come in."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The actor's family released news of his death last night."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The news broke while we were away."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The news was posted on the band's website."
                },
                {
                    "text": "You can get news alerts through your cell phone."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a downloadable news digest"
                },
                {
                    "text": "news of fresh killings"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He gave his first news briefing since being appointed."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Every news channel covered the story."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Our school was mentioned in the news."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["TV, radio and news"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["brilliant", "excellent", "fantastic"],
                "… of news": ["bit", "item", "piece"],
                "verb + news": ["catch", "get", "have"],
                "news + verb": ["come", "come in", "come through"],
                "news + noun": ["broadcast", "bulletin", "flash"],
                "preposition": ["at the news", "in the news", "with the news"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a regular television or radio broadcast of the latest news",
            "sensetop": "on the news",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "to **listen to/watch the news**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Can you put the news on?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the ten o’clock news"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I saw it on the news.",
                    "contextForm": "on the news"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I heard it on the ten o'clock news."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I heard it on the evening news."
                },
                {
                    "text": "California's energy crisis dominated the news."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It was a very minor incident and barely made the news."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The news is read by Harriet Daly."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["TV, radio and news"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["radio", "television", "TV"],
                "verb + the news": ["hear", "listen to", "see"],
                "preposition": ["in the news", "on the news"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "a person, thing or event that is considered to be interesting enough to be reported as news",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Pop stars are always news."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to be likely to cause problems",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Central heating is bad news for indoor plants."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to be likely to be helpful or give an advantage",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The cut in interest rates is good news for homeowners."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The good news is that there's still plenty of money available."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to be the first to tell somebody some bad news",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "There's no easy way to break the news."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The police had to break the news to the boy's parents."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "if there were bad news we would hear it, so as we have heard nothing, it is likely that nothing bad has happened",
            "labels": "(saying)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I still haven't heard anything about the job, but no news is good news."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/njuːz/",
                "audio": "ne/news/news__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/nuːz/",
                "audio": "ne/news/news__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: plural of new, translating Old French noveles or medieval Latin nova ‘new things’."
}