(~er, ~est)
Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English.
1.
Something that is ~ has been recently created, built, or invented or is in the process of being created, built, or invented.
They’ve just opened a ~ hotel in the Stoke area...
The ~ invention ensures the beer keeps a full, frothy head.
...the introduction of ~ drugs to suppress the immune system...
Their epic fight is the subject of a ~ film...
These ideas are nothing ~ in America.
ADJ
~ness
The board acknowledges problems which arise from the ~ness of the approach.
N-UNCOUNT
2.
Something that is ~ has not been used or owned by anyone.
That afternoon she went out and bought a ~ dress...
There are many boats, ~ and used, for sale...
They cost nine pounds ~, three pounds secondhand.
ADJ
3.
You use ~ to describe something which has replaced another thing, for example because you no longer have the old one, or it no longer exists, or it is no longer useful.
Under the ~ rules, some factories will cut emissions by as much as 90 percent...
I had been in my ~ job only a few days...
I had to find somewhere ~ to live...
Rachel has a ~ boyfriend...
They told me I needed a ~ battery.
ADJ
4.
New is used to describe something that has only recently been discovered or noticed.
The ~ planet is about ten times the size of the earth.
ADJ: usu ADJ n
5.
A ~ day or year is the beginning of the next day or year.
The start of a ~ year is a good time to reflect on the many achievements of the past...
ADJ: ADJ n
6.
New is used to describe someone or something that has recently acquired a particular status or position.
...the usual exhaustion of a ~ mother...
The Association gives a free handbook to all ~ members.
ADJ: ADJ n
7.
If you are ~ to a situation or place, or if the situation or place is ~ to you, you have not previously seen it or had any experience of it.
She wasn’t ~ to the company...
His name was ~ to me then and it stayed in my mind...
I’m ~ here and all I did was follow orders.
ADJ: v-link ADJ, oft ADJ to n
8.
New potatoes, carrots, or peas are produced early in the season for such vegetables and are usually small with a sweet flavour.
ADJ: ADJ n
9.
as good as ~: see good
to turn over a ~ leaf: see leaf
a ~ lease of life: see lease
pastures ~: see pasture
see also brand-~