news

noun
nyo͞oz

New information of interest.

Example

“Is there any news about the storm?”

Other meanings

Information about current events disseminated by the media.
“Did you hear/read/see the latest news?”
Messages posted on newsgroups.

Synonyms

intelligence
word

Example sentences

“I need to stop reading the news.”
Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0
“Shall we continue or wait for news?”
Tatoeba · Igider · CC0
“In other news, grass is green.”
Tatoeba · ddnktr · CC0

Word history

From Middle English "newes".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “news” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.