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brand new

/ˈbɹænd ˌn(j)uː/

brand new adjective: utterly new, as new as possible.

Adjective

brand new (not comparable)

  1. Utterly new, as new as possible.
    • New bodies, new minds ... and all thinges new, brande-newe1570, John Foxe (source OED)
    • two pair of bran-new plumpers1807, Alexander Chalmers, The British Essayists
    Synonyms:
    new, all-new, brand spanking new, cherry, fresh, freshly made, green, hot, mint, nascent
  2. (slang) Acting in a way unusual for oneself.
    • Man, quit actin' brand new, bruh. You only being this way 'cause there's a girl.

brand new meaning in Tamil, Telugu, Punjabi and Thai

brand new in Tamil

utterly new
புத்தம்புது puttamputu, புத்தம்புதிய puttamputiya

brand new in Telugu

utterly new
కొత్త కొత్త kotta kotta

brand new in Punjabi

utterly new
ਬਿਲਕੁਲ ਨਵਾਂ bilkul navā̃

brand new in Thai

utterly new
ใหม่แกะกล่อง
More languagesFewer languages
brand new in Vietnamese
mới tinh, mới cóng

Examples of brand new in a sentence

  • He ain't no drag / Papa's got a brand new bag1965, James Brown, “Papa's Got A Brand New Bag”:
  • I know it's hard to see / All of the brand new possibilities / But if you're here with me / Then we can live, love and / Always be free, can't you see1977, Brainstorm, “Wake Up and Be Somebody”, in Stormin':
  • Dream on white boy / Dream on black girl / And wake up to a brand new day / To find your dreams have washed away1983, Andrew Farriss, Michael Hutchence, “Original Sin”, performed by INXS:

Synonyms of brand new

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Forms of brand new

alternative formbrand-new
alternative form (obsolete, archaic)bran new
alternative form (obsolete, archaic)bran-new
alternative form (obsolete, archaic)brent new
alternative form (obsolete, archaic)brank new

Origin of brand new

From brand (“firebrand”) + new, implying something that is newly forged (first citation 1570; compare fire-new (“fresh from the fire, brand-new”)). Alternatively, and less likely from brand as in a branding iron (i.e. newly-branded). The first element of the variant bran new, with the post nasal stop deletion common to English (compare the common pronunciation (outside Britain) of hunting as hunning [hʌnɪŋ]), is claimed to be from bran as if from cases where new items were supposedly “packaged up with unwanted grain (bran) in the 18th century to protect the objects during transit” (source unknown). Both variants are well attested.

Questions about brand new

What does brand new mean?
Brand new means utterly new, as new as possible.
What is brand new in Tamil?
Brand new in Tamil is புத்தம்புது (puttamputu), புத்தம்புதிய (puttamputiya). See Brand new meaning in Tamil.
How do you use brand new in a sentence?
He ain't no drag / Papa's got a brand new bag
What part of speech is brand new?
Brand new is an adjective.
How do you pronounce brand new?
Brand new is pronounced /ˈbɹænd ˌn(j)uː/.

Words near brand new in the dictionary

  1. brand linkages
  2. brand loyalty
  3. brand management
  4. brand name
  5. brand names
  6. brand new
  7. brand parity
  8. brand spankers
  9. brand spanking new
  10. brand stretch
  11. brand stretches

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