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newness

/ˈn(j)uːnəs/

newness noun: the property of being new; novelty; recency.

Noun

newness (countable and uncountable, plural newnesses)

  1. The property of being new; novelty; recency.
    • The newness of the car meant it still had that funny smell.
    • Surprised and rejoiced thus far at the unanticipated newness, and the sweet lucidness and simplicity of Isabel’s narrating, […] Pierre now, in handing the instrument to Isabel, could not entirely restrain something like a look of half-regret, accompanied rather strangely with a half-smile of gentle...1852, Herman Melville, Pierre; or The Ambiguities

newness meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Telugu

newness in Hindi

novelty
नवीनता navīntā, नयापन nayāpan, नूतनता nūtantā

newness in Tamil

novelty
புதுமை putumai

newness in Urdu

newness, originality
جدت jiddat

newness in Telugu

novelty
కొత్తదనం kottadanaṁ
More languagesFewer languages
newness in Malayalam
പൈ pai, പുതുമ putuma
newness in Kannada
ನಾವೀನ್ಯ, ಹೊಸತನ, ಹೊಸಗೆ
newness in Persian
نویی noyi

Examples of newness in a sentence

  • The newness is gone / The newness is gone / So why should we make pretend / When our love affair is destined to end1976, Eddie Kendricks, “The Newness Is Gone”, in Goin' Up in Smoke:
  • Thankfully, that sense of newness does come in the form of Ke Huy Quan’s Gary De’Snake, the first reptilian addition to Zootopia‘s all-mammal cast.2025 November 25, Caroline Siede, “Zootopia 2 is a stagnant sequel with one stellar subplot”, in AV Club:

Forms of newness

pluralnewnesses

Origin of newness

From Middle English newnesse, from Old English nīewnes (“newness, novelty”), equivalent to new + -ness.

Words that rhyme with newness

Questions about newness

What does newness mean?
Newness means the property of being new; novelty; recency.
What is newness in Hindi?
Newness in Hindi is नवीनता (navīntā), नयापन (nayāpan), नूतनता (nūtantā). See Newness meaning in Hindi.
How do you use newness in a sentence?
The newness is gone / The newness is gone / So why should we make pretend / When our love affair is destined to end
What part of speech is newness?
Newness is a noun.
How do you pronounce newness?
Newness is pronounced /ˈn(j)uːnəs/.
What is the plural of newness?
The plural of newness is newnesses.

Words near newness in the dictionary

  1. newnaming
  2. Newnams
  3. Newnan
  4. Newnes
  5. Newnes Plateau
  6. newness
  7. newnesses
  8. Newnham
  9. Newnham Bridge
  10. Newnhams
  11. Newport

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: newness (page history and authors); جدت (Urdu) (page history and authors); പുതുമ (Malayalam) (page history and authors); newness (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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