new
part of speech
adjective (new, newer, newest); adverb (in new-born, new-laid)
meaning for a pupil
1) New means just made, just bought or not used before. tree →
2) New means not seen, known or done before. tree →
3) New means just arrived or just started, like a new pupil. tree →
4) New can mean different from the one before. tree →
5) (casual) «What's new?» means how are you, what has happened; «brand new», «spanking new» mean very new. tree →
6) (casual) «The new kid», «newbie», «noob» (gaming slang) is someone who has just started; «noob» can be a put-down. tree →
7) (euphemism) «Pre-owned», «pre-loved» and «nearly new» are polite words for used or second-hand. tree →
8) (formal) Exams say «additional», «newly acquired», «recently admitted», «a further», «novel» and «unprecedented». tree →
sense in the lessons
marks things that are added: new books, new toys, new apps; in stories a new start, a new friend or a new school; phrases «brand new», «new to», «what's new?», «New Year», «as good as new», «new-born»; in casual talk «what's new?», «new kid», «newbie», «that's new» (that's surprising); in rough talk «you noob, you counted the same one twice»; in the exam voice «8 additional pupils were admitted», «newly acquired volumes», «a further 5 units»
examples
- He bought 5 new books. tree →
- She got 12 new crayons. tree →
- How many new apps did he download? tree →
- There are 8 new students. tree →
- My shoes are brand new. tree →
- We moved to a new town. tree →
- Let's be kind to the new girl. tree →
- After washing, the bike looked as good as new. tree →
- What's new? Got 3 new games, wanna see? tree →
- You noob, you counted the same sheep twice! tree →
- The bike's pre-loved, only 40 bucks. tree →
- A library of 120 volumes is supplemented by 30 newly acquired volumes. State the aggregate holding. tree →
- "New times now; all is changed. tree →
note
A sign of something added to the old amount. «additional», «a further» and «newly acquired» in an exam also add. Trap: «old» and «new» are kinds; «how many new» asks only for the added part. «pre-loved» and «nearly new» mean used. «New» sounds like «knew» (past of «know»). The opposite is «old» or «used».
In the corpora
- Starting a new job means learning new systems, names and rules all at once, so people come home tired.
- Living in a home costs money every single month, even when nobody buys anything new.
- Families move house for many reasons: a new job, more room, a cheaper rent, or because a tenancy ends.
- A welcome card from new neighbours is a friendly hello, and getting on with neighbours makes life easier.
- That new person is called their partner.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «new» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.