NOVELTY


Meaning of NOVELTY in English

noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ NOUN

value

This improvement in health could possibly be attributed to the novelty value of having a new puppy or kitten in the house.

Apart from the novelty value of this, there is the advantage of speed of execution.

The company opened a string of themed stores that have lost their novelty value .

We had major novelty value - it's strange enough for a foreigner to visit the area let alone pose in a raft.

Well, I suppose you do have some novelty value .

That's novelty value for you.

■ VERB

wear

But as time wears on, the novelty wears off and dissatisfaction results.

PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

shock/curiosity/novelty etc value

And I think it actually has more shock value than the first one.

Anything that is done for shock value has no future because it's done for the moment.

Apart from the novelty value of this, there is the advantage of speed of execution.

The company opened a string of themed stores that have lost their novelty value .

They have a certain curiosity value , I suppose, but no merit otherwise.

This improvement in health could possibly be attributed to the novelty value of having a new puppy or kitten in the house.

This version by Northern Stage rather downplays the shock value of that final betrayal, which is certainly a flaw.

the novelty wears off

After the novelty wears off, the Internet can be a very dull place.

Once the novelty has worn off, most of these kitchen gadgets just sit in the cupboard, unused for years.

But as time wears on, the novelty wears off and dissatisfaction results.

Maybe Antonietta herself will tire of me when the novelty wears off.

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

a novelty key ring

Fast-food restaurants like McDonald's are still something of a novelty in Moscow.

I loved driving to work at first, but the novelty soon wore off.

I was still enjoying the novelty of being married, and referring to Jenny as "my wife".

In a few years, hand-held computers will not be novelties.

It was a novelty for people at college to see a student with two kids.

Modern art thrives on novelty .

Retail analysts say that electronic shopping remains a novelty for most people

They sell a selection of crafts, novelties, and T-shirts.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

But even more important, as far as Salomon was concerned, was the novelty of our deal.

I must have known what a novelty you were.

In criticizing scientific novelty , existing theories are usually available as a resource.

Jonny was given first prize and a cheque for £750 for the novelty of his idea and professional presentation.

The novelty bets appeal to those kinds of bettors.

The novelty of new subject matter and of the distinctive methods of foreign-language presentation awakens the student's curiosity or exploratory drive.

What is at stake in this novelty could scarcely be greater.

Yet novelty kept appearing relentlessly from the lips of stray Lyfordites, Baptists, and Quakers who later visited the wilderness community.

Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary.      Дополнительный английский словарь Longman DOCE5.