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like new

like new prepositional phrase: seemingly new; as good as new.

Prepositional phrase

  1. Seemingly new; as good as new.
    • After a thorough shine, your shoes look like new.
  2. As though new; as good as new.
    • Make your car run like new.

Adjective

like new (not comparable)

  1. Seemingly new; as good as new.
    • Our like-new refrigerator didn't last the year.

Questions about like new

What does like new mean?
Like new means seemingly new; as good as new.
What part of speech is like new?
Like new can be a prepositional phrase or an adjective.

Words near like new in the dictionary

  1. like merry hell
  2. like molasses
  3. like molasses in January
  4. like mother, like daughter
  5. like mushrooms
  6. like new
  7. like no other
  8. like nobody else
  9. like nobody's business
  10. like nobody's watching
  11. like of

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