Newとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /njuː/
• (General American) IPA: /nu/
• (Canada) IPA: [n(j)ʉː]
  • (Dialectal) IPA: [nɪu̯]
• (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA: /njʉː/
• (Scotland, Northern Ireland) IPA: /njʉ/
• (Wales) IPA: /nɪu̯/
• 異形同音異義語: gnu, knew, nu
• 韻: -uː

形容詞

new (comparative newer, superlative newest)

1. Recently made, or created.

   Synonyms: brand new, recent, neo-, ceno-; see also Thesaurus:new

   Antonyms: ancient, dated, old

   This is a new scratch on my car!   The band just released a new album.

   The cookers cost £350 new but £150 secondhand.

   • 2007 January 30, Karen Crouse, “Dash of Success Spices Up Gould’s Neighborhood”, in The New York Times‎, archived from the original on 11 February 2021:

     Within a half-hour, Gould (pronounced GOLD) was stirring in pieces of breaded and sautéed chicken, pouring the finished sauce over fettucini noodles cooked al dente and serving one of the newest entrees from his growing recipe file — rustic chicken — to Tanner, his 9-year-old twin brothers, Colton and Austin, and their parents.

   • 2007 May 24, David Pogue, “How to Make Your Cellphone Act Like a BlackBerry”, in The New York Times‎, archived from the original on 25 February 2021:

     Only a few nonsmart models, primarily newer Razr models and a few Nokia phones, can run Yahoo Go. And once again, no Verizon phones need apply.

   • 2013 July 19, Timothy Garton Ash, “Where Dr Pangloss meets Machiavelli”, in The Guardian Weekly‎, volume 189, number 6, archived from the original on 5 March 2016, page 18:

     Hidden behind thickets of acronyms and gorse bushes of detail, a new great game is under way across the globe. Some call it geoeconomics, but it's geopolitics too. The current power play consists of an extraordinary range of countries simultaneously sitting down to negotiate big free trade and investment agreements.

   1. Of recent origin; having taken place recently.

      I can't see you for a while; the pain is still too new.   Did you see the new King Lear at the theatre?

2. Additional; recently discovered.

   Synonym: recent

   Antonyms: dated, old

   We turned up some new evidence from the old files.

3. Current or later, as opposed to former.

   Synonym: current

   Antonyms: former, old

   My new car is much better than my previous one, even though it is older.   We had been in our new house for five years by then.

4. Used to distinguish something established more recently, named after something or some place previously existing.

   Antonym: old

   New Bond Street is an extension of Bond Street.

5. In original condition; pristine; not previously worn or used.

   Synonyms: brand new, brand spanking new, mint, pristine

   Antonyms: old, used, worn

   Are you going to buy a new car or a second-hand one?

6. Refreshed, reinvigorated, reformed.

   Synonyms: born-again, reformed, refreshed, reinvigorated, revived

   Antonym: old

   That shirt is dirty. Go and put on a new one.   I feel like a new person after a good night's sleep.   After the accident, I saw the world with new eyes.

7. Newborn.

   Synonyms: newborn, young

   Antonym: old

   My sister has a new baby, and our mother is excited to finally have a grandchild.

8. Strange, unfamiliar or not previously known.

   Synonyms: strange, unfamiliar

   Antonyms: familiar, old

   • 2013 July 6, “The rise of smart beta”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8843, page 68:

     Investors face a quandary. Cash offers a return of virtually zero in many developed countries; government-bond yields may have risen in recent weeks but they are still unattractive. Equities have suffered two big bear markets since 2000 and are wobbling again. It is hardly surprising that pension funds, insurers and endowments are searching for new sources of return.

   The idea was new to me.   I need to meet new people.

9. Recently arrived or appeared.

   Synonyms: novel, singular

   Antonym: established

   • 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter I, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:

     'Twas early June, the new grass was flourishing everywheres, the posies in the yard—peonies and such—in full bloom, the sun was shining, and the water of the bay was blue, with light green streaks where the shoal showed.

   Have you met the new guy in town?   He is the new kid at school.

10. Inexperienced or unaccustomed at some task.

    Synonyms: brand new, green

    Antonyms: accustomed, experienced, expert

    Don't worry that you're new at this job; you'll get better with time.   I'm new at this business, I'm still new to the work.

11. (of a period of time) Next; about to begin or recently begun.

    We expect to grow at 10% annually in the new decade.

下位語

派生語

副詞

new (comparative more new, superlative most new)

1. Synonym of newly, especially in composition.

   Synonym: freshly

   Near-synonym: recently

   new-born, new-formed, new-found, new-mown hay, new-laid eggs

2. As new; from scratch.

   Synonyms: anew; afresh

   They are scraping the site clean to build new.

関連する語

名詞

new (countable and uncountable, plural news)

1. (with the, invariable plural only) Things that are new.

   Out with the old, in with the new.

2. (Australia, uncountable) A typically light-coloured lager brewed by the bottom-fermentation method.

   Antonym: old

3. (UK, naval slang, countable) A naval cadet who has just embarked on training.
   • 1956, Naval Review (London), volume 44, page 286:

     In the Britannia "news" were worms, to be trodden on […]

動詞

new (third-person singular simple present news, present participle newing, simple past and past participle newed)

1. (programming) Synonym of new up.
2. (obsolete) To make new; to recreate; to renew.

派生語

参照

• new on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

アナグラム

• Wen, wen

形容詞

new

1. alternative form of newe

語源 2

名詞

new

1. alternative form of noy

使用する際の注意点

• This prefix may also be interpreted as a combining form, and this is often indicated with a hyphen, as in new-born.
• Possibly productive in early modern English.
• Most words beginning with new and spelled without a hyphen are respellings of words that acquired a prefix in Middle or Old English.

派生語

アナグラム

• Wen, wen