Meanings
alternative obsolete newes
- uncountableNew information of interest.
Is there any news about the storm?
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That was not much news in the press release.
I have a little news for you: I'm five weeks' pregnant.
VVith speede let vs impart the newes vnto my Lord the King, The fearefull newes that whilſt the flame doth but begin, Sad pollicie may ſerue to quench the fire: […]
1593, anonymous author, The Life and Death of Iacke Straw […], →OCLC, Act ISirra, your Lord and maſters married, there's newes for you: you haue a new Miſtris.
c. 1604–1605 (date written), William Shakespeare, “All’s Well, that Ends Well”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iii], page 239, column 1When theſe news were brought to him, ſome counſelled him to go to Stirlin, where the King was, and where he would be the ſtronger.
a. 1630, David Hume of Godscroft, The History of the Houses of Douglas and Angus, Edinburgh: […] Evan Tyler, […], published 1644, page 302Synonyms: word
- uncountableInformation about current events disseminated by the media.
Did you hear/read/see the latest news?
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The news is that a new leader will be elected in one month.
I heard about the earthquake on the morning news.
- InternetuncountableMessages posted on newsgroups.
The Usenet news system brings people together from around the world and forms social groups on the basis of common interest. Usenet news is a domain that is suffering badly from information overload.
2012, Christopher Lueg, Danyel Fisher, From Usenet to CoWebs, page 207
present singular third person newses · participle present newsing · participle past newsed · past newsed · alternative obsolete newes
- archaictransitiveTo report; to make known.
This remark was newsed abroad; whereupon the loyal authorities of Lerwick immediately had the revolutionary skipper arrested, on a charge of high treason.
1874, Robert Cowie, Shetland, page 157
Synonyms & antonyms
nounNew information of interest.
More synonyms by meaning
nouninformation about recent and important events
nouna program devoted to current events, often using interviews and commentary
nounthe quality of being sufficiently interesting to be reported in news bulletins
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Middle Englishnewes
- Englishnews
From Middle English newes, newys (“new things”), equivalent to new (noun) + -s (plural suffix). Compare Saterland Frisian Näis (“news”), East Frisian näjs (“news”), West Frisian nijs (“news”), Dutch nieuws (“news”), German Low German Neeis (“new things; news”), though, unlike the English word, those cognates originated as genitives, not as plurals. Sometimes erroneously claimed to be an acronym of "North, East, West, South" or "Noteworthy Events, Weather, Sports".
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Afrikaans nuus, nuus
- nuusnew information of interest
- nuusreports of current events
Arabic أَخْبَار, أَنْبَاء
- أَخْبَار (ʔaḵbār)new information of interest
- أَنْبَاء (ʔanbāʔ)new information of interest
- خَبَر (ḵabar)new information of interest
- أَخْبَار (ʔaḵbār)reports of current events
- أَنْبَاء (ʔanbāʔ)reports of current events
Basque berriak, albisteak
- berriaknew information of interest
- albisteakreports of current events
Bengali খবর, খবর
- খবর (khobor)new information of interest
- খবর (khobor)reports of current events
Bulgarian новини́, изве́стия
- новини́ (noviní)new information of interest
- изве́стия (izvéstija)new information of interest
- ве́сти (vésti)new information of interest
- но́вости (nóvosti)new information of interest
Catalan notícies, informatiu
- notíciesnew information of interest
- informatiureports of current events
- telenotíciesreports of current events
- diarireports of current events
Chinese Cantonese 消息, 新聞 /新闻
- 消息 (siu¹ sik¹)new information of interest
- 新聞 /新闻reports of current events
Chinese Mandarin 消息, 新聞 /新闻
- 消息 (xiāoxi)new information of interest
- 新聞 /新闻 (xīnwén)new information of interest
- 新聞 /新闻 (xīnwén)reports of current events
Czech noviny, zprávy
- novinynew information of interest
- zprávynew information of interest
Danish nyt, nyheder
- nytnew information of interest
- nyhederreports of current events
Dutch nieuws, journaal
- nieuwsnew information of interest
- journaalreports of current events
- nieuwsreports of current events
Esperanto novaĵoj, novaĵoj
- novaĵojnew information of interest
- novaĵojreports of current events
Estonian uudis, uudised
- uudisnew information of interest
- uudisednew information of interest
- uudisedreports of current events
Finnish uutinen, uutiset
- uutinennew information of interest
- uutisetreports of current events
French nouvelles, informations
- nouvellesnew information of interest
- informationsnew information of interest
- actualitésnew information of interest
- informationsreports of current events
- infosreports of current events
- téléjournalreports of current events
- journal téléviséreports of current events
German Neuigkeiten, Nachricht
- Neuigkeitennew information of interest
- Nachrichtnew information of interest
- Nachrichtennew information of interest
- Neuesnew information of interest
- Nachrichtreports of current events
- Nachrichtenreports of current events
Greek ειδήσεις, νέα
- ειδήσεις (eidíseis)new information of interest
- νέα (néa)new information of interest
Hebrew חֲדָשׁוֹת, חֲדָשׁוֹת
- חֲדָשׁוֹת (khadashót)new information of interest
- חֲדָשׁוֹת (khadashót)reports of current events
Hindi ख़बर, समाचार
- ख़बर (xabar)new information of interest
- समाचार (samācār)new information of interest
- संदेश (sandeś)new information of interest
- खबर (khabar)new information of interest
- वार्ता (vārtā)new information of interest
- बातचीत (bātcīt)new information of interest
- खबर (khabar)reports of current events
- समाचार (samācār)reports of current events
Hungarian újság, hír
- újságnew information of interest
- hírnew information of interest
- hírekreports of current events
- híradóreports of current events
- hírműsorreports of current events
Icelandic fréttir, fréttir
- fréttirnew information of interest
- fréttirreports of current events
Indonesian berita, kabar
- beritanew information of interest
- kabarnew information of interest
- wartanew information of interest
- infonew information of interest
- beritareports of current events
Irish scéal, nuacht
- scéalnew information of interest
- nuachtreports of current events
Italian novità, notizie
- novitànew information of interest
- notizienew information of interest
- fattonew information of interest
- avvenimentonew information of interest
- notiziereports of current events
- telegiornalereports of current events
Japanese 知らせ, ニュース
- 知らせ (shirase)new information of interest
- ニュースnew information of interest
- 報道 (hōdō)reports of current events
- ニュース (nyūsu)reports of current events
Korean 소식, 소문
- 소식 (sosik)new information of interest
- 소문 (somun)new information of interest
- 뉴스 (nyuseu)new information of interest
- 알림 (allim)new information of interest
- 뉴스 (nyuseu)reports of current events
- 기사 (gisa)reports of current events
- 보도 (bodo)reports of current events
Latin nuntium, nuntia
- nuntiumreports of current events
- nuntiareports of current events
Latvian ziņas, ziņas
- ziņasnew information of interest
- ziņasreports of current events
- jaunumireports of current events
Lithuanian naujiena, žinios
- naujienanew information of interest
- žiniosnew information of interest
- naujienosreports of current events
Malay khabar, berita
- khabarnew information of interest
- beritanew information of interest
- beritareports of current events
Māori rongo, pūrongo
- rongonew information of interest
- pūrongonew information of interest
- kawepūrongonew information of interest
- kawepūrongoreports of current events
- rongo kōreroreports of current events
Norwegian Bokmål nyhet, nytt
- nyhetnew information of interest
- nyttnew information of interest
- tidendenew information of interest
- nyheterreports of current events
Polish nowości, news
- nowościnew information of interest
- newsnew information of interest
- nowina f aktualnościnew information of interest
- wiadomościreports of current events
- wiadomośćreports of current events
Portuguese notícias, notícias
- notíciasnew information of interest
- notíciasreports of current events
- noticiárioreports of current events
- telejornalreports of current events
Punjabi ਖ਼ਬਰਾਂ, ਖ਼ਬਰ
- ਖ਼ਬਰਾਂ (xabrā̃)new information of interest
- ਖ਼ਬਰ (xabar)new information of interest
Romanian știre, noutate
- știrenew information of interest
- noutatenew information of interest
- știrereports of current events
- știrireports of current events
Russian но́вости, изве́стия
- но́вости (nóvosti)new information of interest
- изве́стия (izvéstija)new information of interest
- ве́сти (vésti)new information of interest
- весть (vestʹ)new information of interest
- ве́сточка (véstočka)new information of interest
- но́вости (nóvosti)reports of current events
- изве́стия (izvéstija)reports of current events
Scottish Gaelic fios, naidheachdan
- fiosnew information of interest
- naidheachdanreports of current events
Slovak novinky
- novinkynew information of interest
Spanish noticia, noticias
- noticianew information of interest
- noticiasreports of current events
Swahili habari, habari
- habarinew information of interest
- habarireports of current events
Swedish nyhet, nyheter
- nyhetnew information of interest
- nyheternew information of interest
- nyheterreports of current events
Tagalog balita, balita
- balitanew information of interest
- balitareports of current events
Tamil செய்தி, செய்தி
- செய்தி (ceyti)new information of interest
- செய்தி (ceyti)reports of current events
Thai ข่าว, ข่าวสาร
- ข่าว (kàao)new information of interest
- ข่าวสาร (kàao-sǎan)new information of interest
- ข่าวคราว (kàao-kraao)new information of interest
Turkish haber, salık
- habernew information of interest
- salıknew information of interest
- haberlerreports of current events
Ukrainian нови́ни, ві́сті
- нови́ни (novýny)new information of interest
- ві́сті (vísti)new information of interest
- нови́ни (novýny)reports of current events
- ві́сті (vísti)reports of current events
Urdu خَبَر, اَخْبار
- خَبَر (xabar)new information of interest
- اَخْبار (axbār)new information of interest
- سَماچار (samācār)new information of interest
Vietnamese tin tức, tin
- tin tứcnew information of interest
- tinnew information of interest
- bản tinreports of current events
- tinreports of current events
- thời sựreports of current events
Welsh newyddion, newyddion
- newyddionnew information of interest
- newyddionreports of current events
Yiddish בשׂורה, נײַעס
- בשׂורה (bsure)new information of interest
- נײַעס (nayes)new information of interest
- ידיעה (yedie)new information of interest
Zulu izindaba
- izindabanew information of interest
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Cite this entry
news. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/news
“news.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/news. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “news,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/news.
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