news

UK/njuːz//nuːz/

news noun: new information of interest. Also the plural of new.

Noun

news (uncountable)

New information of interest.
- Is there any news about the storm?
- That was not much news in the press release.
Synonyms:

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Information about current events disseminated by the media.
- Did you hear/read/see the latest news?
- The news is that a new leader will be elected in one month.
(Internet) Messages 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

Verb

news (third-person singular simple present newses, present participle newsing, simple past and past participle newsed)

(archaic, transitive) To 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

Also used as

news is also the plural of new.

news meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

news in Hindi

new information of interest: ख़बर xabar, समाचार samācār, संदेश sandeś, खबर khabar, वार्ता vārtā, बातचीत bātcīt
reports of current events: खबर khabar, समाचार samācār

news in Tamil

new information of interest: செய்தி ceyti
reports of current events: செய்தி ceyti

news in Marathi

new information of interest: बातमी bātmī
reports of current events: बातमी bātmī

news in Urdu

new information of interest: خَبَر xabar, اَخْبار axbār, سَماچار samācār

More languagesFewer languages

news in Bengali: খবর khobor
news in Telugu: వార్తలు vārtalu, వార్త vārta
news in Malayalam: വാർത്ത vāṟtta, വർത്തമാനം vaṟttamānaṁ
news in Kannada: ಸುದ್ದಿ suddi
news in Punjabi: ਖ਼ਬਰਾਂ xabrā̃, ਖ਼ਬਰ xabar
news in Gujarati: સમાચાર samācār
news in Odia: ସମ୍ବାଦ sambāda, ଖବର khabara
news in Sinhala: පුවත් puwat, ප්රවෘත්ති prawr̥tti
news in Assamese: বাতৰি batori
news in Nepali: समाचार samācār
news in Pashto: خبر xabar, احوال ahwāl
news in Tagalog: balita
news in Arabic: أَخْبَار ʔaḵbār, أَنْبَاء ʔanbāʔ, خَبَر ḵabar
news in Malay: khabar, berita
news in Indonesian: berita, kabar, warta, info
news in Thai: ข่าว kàao, ข่าวสาร kàao-sǎan, ข่าวคราว kàao-kraao
news in Vietnamese: tin tức, tin, bản tin, thời sự
news in Myanmar: သတင်းစကား sa.tang:ca.ka:, သတင်း sa.tang:

Examples of news in a sentence

I have a little news for you: I'm five weeks' pregnant.
I heard about the earthquake on the morning news.
When 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 302:

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Synonyms of news

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Forms of news

Noun
alternative form (obsolete)	newes
Verb
third-person singular present	newses
present participle	newsing
past participle	newsed
past	newsed

Origin of news

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".

Phrases with news

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Words that rhyme with news

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Questions about news

What does news mean?: News means new information of interest.
What is news in Hindi?: News in Hindi is ख़बर (xabar), समाचार (samācār), संदेश (sandeś). See News meaning in Hindi.
How do you use news in a sentence?: I have a little news for you: I'm five weeks' pregnant.
What part of speech is news?: News can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce news?: News is pronounced /njuːz/ (UK).

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

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