de novo
UK/deɪˈnəʊvəʊ/US/deɪˈnoʊvoʊ/
de novo adjective: anew, afresh, from the beginning; without consideration of previous instances, proceedings or determinations.
Adjective
de novo (not comparable)
- Anew, afresh, from the beginning; without consideration of previous instances, proceedings or determinations.
- Near-synonym: in a vacuum
- Such development was not de novo; antecedents are apparent.
- Synonyms:
- in a vacuum
Adverb
de novo (not comparable)
- Anew (from the beginning).
- Near-synonym: in a vacuum
- Having found the lower court's analysis wrong, the appellate court undertook a review de novo.
- Synonyms:
- in a vacuum
de novo meaning in Tamil and Kannada
de novo in Tamil
- புதிதாக, மறுபடியும், முதலிலிருந்தே
de novo in Kannada
- ತಿರುಗಿ, ಮರಳಿ, ಮತ್ತೆ, ಪುನಃ, ಹೊಸದಾಗಿ, ಮೊದಲಿನಿಂದ
Examples of de novo in a sentence
- He filed a motion for a de novo hearing.
- One luckless wight contrived to upset the gravy; and then gravy had to be got up de novo, with due care and formality,[…]1851 June – 1852 April, Harriet Beecher Stowe, chapter VII, in Uncle Tom’s Cabin; or, Life among the Lowly, volume I, Boston, Mass.: John...
- Talking of “natural selection;” if I had to commence de novo, I would have used “natural preservation.”1887, Charles Darwin, “To C. Lyell, September 28, 1860”, in Francis Darwin, editor, The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin, volume II, New...
Synonyms of de novo
Origin of de novo
Borrowed from Latin dē novō (adverb, literally “from the new”), from dē (“from”) + novō, ablative singular of novus (“new”).
Questions about de novo
- What does de novo mean?
- De novo means anew, afresh, from the beginning; without consideration of previous instances, proceedings or determinations.
- What is de novo in Tamil?
- De novo in Tamil is புதிதாக, மறுபடியும், முதலிலிருந்தே. See De novo meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use de novo in a sentence?
- He filed a motion for a de novo hearing.
- What part of speech is de novo?
- De novo can be an adjective or an adverb.
- How do you pronounce de novo?
- De novo is pronounced /deɪˈnəʊvəʊ/ (UK).
Words near de novo in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: de novo (page history and authors); de novo (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); de novo (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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