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news (no̵̅o̅z, nyo̵̅o̅z)

noun

  1. new information about anything; information previously unknown
    1. reports, collectively, of recent happenings, esp. those broadcast over radio or TV, printed in a newspaper, etc.
    2. any person or thing thought to merit special attention in such reports
  3. newscast

Etymology: ME newes, novelties (pl. of newe, adj.), after OFr noveles or ML nova, pl. of novum, what is new: < L novus: see new

news Idioms

make news

to do something that is apt to be reported as news

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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