newness

«newness» in Mova's school dictionary: The state of being new or fresh — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (newness, uncountable)

meaning for a pupil

1) The state of being new or fresh. tree →

2) The feeling that something is unfamiliar. tree →

sense in the lessons

Used in stories and everyday talk: the newness of a car, a school, a season. It tells the reader things are fresh or strange.

examples

• The newness of the school made her shy. tree →
• I love the newness of spring. tree →
• The newness of the bike soon wore off. tree →
• Mole was excited by the newness of the river. tree →
• The smell of newness filled the shop. tree →
• He liked the newness of his school shoes. tree →

note

New + -ness. Uncountable.

In the corpora

• The caravan was «shining with newness, painted a canary-yellow picked out with green, and red wheels».

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «newness» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.