what's new
what's new noun: the latest developments in a particular situation or a person's life.
Noun
what's new (uncountable)
Phrase
what's new?
- An informal greeting asking the other person what has recently happened in their life. A typical response might be "Not much; you?". The greeting is not always literal and may just be used to say hello.
- A rhetorical request for some real news, on hearing a report that was not news because it represents a continuing predictable and unsatisfactory situation.
- You're still having problems with that idiot you employed last year? So, what's new?
- Synonyms:
- what else is new
what's new meaning in Persian
what's new in Persian
- informal greeting asking what has happened recently
- چه خبر؟
Synonyms of what's new
Questions about what's new
- What does what's new mean?
- What's new means the latest developments in a particular situation or a person's life.
- What is what's new in Persian?
- What's new in Persian is چه خبر؟. See What's new meaning in Persian.
- What part of speech is what's new?
- What's new can be a noun or a phrase.
Words near what's new in the dictionary
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