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WordNet 3.0
noun
  1. information about recent and important events
    "they awaited news of the outcome"
    news  intelligence  tidings  word 

  2. the quality of being sufficiently interesting to be reported in news bulletins
    "the judge conceded the newsworthiness of the trial"; "he is no longer news in the fashion world"
    newsworthiness  news 

  3. information reported in a newspaper or news magazine
    "the news of my death was greatly exaggerated"
    news 

  4. a program devoted to current events, often using interviews and commentary
    "we watch the 7 o'clock news every night"
    news program  news show  news 

  5. informal information of any kind that is not previously known to someone
    "it was news to me"
    news 

WordNet Lexical Database v3.0, © 2006 Princeton University


Webster's Unabridged Dictionary
(n)
  1. A bearer of news; a courier; a newspaper.

  2. A report of recent occurences; information of something that has lately taken place, or of something before unknown; fresh tindings; recent intelligence.

  3. Something strange or newly happened.

Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, Public Domain


      

    'news' English examples of use

    • Don't overreact to the bad news--take it easy
    • He became annoyed when he heard the bad news
    • He sprang these news on me just as I was leaving
    • Her spirits rose when she heard the good news
    • I got the news thirdhand
    • I wish I had seen the look on his face when he got the news
    • I'll post the news on the bulletin board
    • Jane shrugged off the news that her stock had fallen 3 points
    • News came in of the massacre in Rwanda
    • News of her death broke in the morning
    • Please relay the news to the villagers
    • Report the news as it develops
    • She cried bitterly when she heard the news of his death
    • She plays deaf when the news are bad
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