NOVEL


Meaning of NOVEL in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ nɒv(ə)l ]

( novels)

Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.

1.

A novel is a long written story about imaginary people and events.

...a novel by Herman Hesse...

...historical novels set in the time of the Pharaohs.

N-COUNT

2.

Novel things are new and different from anything that has been done, experienced, or made before.

Protesters found a novel way of demonstrating against steeply rising oil prices...

The very idea of a sixth form college was novel in 1962.

ADJ

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