| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| PRONUNCIATION: |  n z, nyz |
| PLURAL NOUN: | (used with a sing. verb) 1a. Information about recent events or happenings, especially as reported by newspapers, periodicals, radio, or television. b. A presentation of such information, as in a newspaper or on a newscast. 2. New information of any kind: The requirement was news to him. 3. Newsworthy material: “a public figure on a scale unimaginable in America; whatever he did was news” (James Atlas). | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English newes, new things, tidings, pl. of newe, new thing, new. See new. | | OTHER FORMS: | news less —ADJECTIVE
| | SYNONYMS: | news, advice, intelligencetidingsword These nouns denote information about hitherto unknown events and happenings: just heard the good news; sent advice that the loan was approved; a source of intelligence about the war; tidings of victory; received word of his death.
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