noun
1 new information
ADJECTIVE
▪ brilliant ( BrE , informal ), excellent , fantastic , good , great , happy , marvellous/marvelous ( esp. BrE ), terrific , tremendous ( esp. BrE ), welcome , wonderful
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The good ~ is that we've all been given an extra day's leave.
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Great ~! We've bought the house.
▪ encouraging , positive
▪ awful , bad , devastating , disappointing , grim , sad , terrible , tragic , unwelcome
▪ disturbing , shock ( BrE ), shocking
▪ big , dramatic , important , major ( esp. AmE ), momentous ( esp. BrE )
▪ breaking , hot , late , latest , recent
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Some late ~ has just come in.
▪ old
▪ exciting , interesting
▪ hard
▪ front-page , headline
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It was front-page ~ at the time.
▪ online
▪ domestic , local , national , regional
▪ foreign , international
▪ business , City ( BrE ), economic , financial
▪ celebrity
▪ sports
▪ football , etc.
▪ shipping ( AmE ) ( shipping forecast in BrE )
… OF NEWS
▪ bit , item , piece
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We've had a bit of good ~.
VERB + NEWS
▪ catch , get , have , hear , learn , receive
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You can catch all the latest ~ on our website.
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Have you heard the latest ~?
▪ catch up on
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I want to catch up on all your ~.
▪ follow
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I follow food industry ~ fairly closely.
▪ announce , break , bring (sb) , convey , deliver , give sb , relay , reveal , tell sb
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The police had to break the ~ to the boy's parents.
▪ confirm
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The company refused to confirm the ~.
▪ share , spread
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He shared his good ~ with everyone else in the office.
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She ran from office to office, spreading the ~.
▪ print , publish
▪ leak
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News of their engagement was leaked to the press.
▪ release
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The actor's family released ~ of his death last night.
▪ post
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The ~ was posted on the band's website.
▪ bury , suppress
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Drug companies tend to bury ~ of drug failures.
▪ report
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I don't really have any ~ to report.
▪ carry , cover
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‘The Daily Nation’ carried ~ of the event.
▪ gather , get
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It's the reporter's job to go out and gather ~.
▪ await , expect , wait for
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They are waiting for ~ of their relatives.
▪ digest
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He took a moment to digest the unbelievable ~.
▪ greet , react to , welcome
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The ~ was greeted with astonishment.
▪ celebrate
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Mrs Trowsdale will be celebrating the ~ with her family.
▪ hit , make
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It was a very minor incident and barely made the ~.
▪ dominate
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California's energy crisis dominated the ~.
NEWS + VERB
▪ come , come in , come through
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News is coming in of a large fire in central London.
▪ break , emerge , leak out
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The ~ broke while we were away.
▪ arrive , reach sb
▪ filter through (sth)
▪ spread , travel
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The ~ spread like wildfire.
NEWS + NOUN
▪ broadcast , bulletin , flash , programme/program , show
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The schedules were interrupted for a ~ flash.
▪ article , clip , exclusive ( esp. BrE ), footage , headlines , item , release , report , round-up , story , update
▪ digest
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a downloadable ~ digest
▪ coverage
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News coverage of the fighting was extremely biased.
▪ event
▪ briefing
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He gave his first ~ briefing since being appointed.
(see also news conference )
▪ agency , organization , outlet , service
▪ desk , room
▪ channel , network , station
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Every ~ channel covered the story.
▪ magazine
▪ anchor ( esp. AmE ), broadcaster , crew ( esp. AmE ), editor , journalist , presenter , reporter
▪ source
▪ media
▪ junkie ( informal )
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If you're a ~ junkie, you can get updates mailed to you.
▪ alert , ticker
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You can get ~ alerts through your cellphone.
▪ website
▪ blog
PREPOSITION
▪ at the ~
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She went completely to pieces at the ~ of his death.
▪ in the ~
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She's been in the ~ a lot lately.
▪ with the ~
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Joan came in with the ~ that a pay rise had been agreed.
▪ ~ about
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I'm not interested in ~ about celebrities.
▪ ~ from
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And now with ~ from the Games, over to our Olympic correspondent.
▪ ~ of
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~ of fresh killings
▪ ~ on
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Is there any ~ on the car bomb attack?
▪ ~ to
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It was ~ to me that they were married.
2 the news on TV or radio
ADJECTIVE
▪ radio , television , TV
▪ evening , lunchtime ( BrE )
▪ ten o'clock , etc.
▪ nightly
▪ prime-time ( esp. AmE )
▪ local , national
VERB + THE NEWS
▪ hear , listen to , see , watch
▪ turn on
▪ broadcast
▪ read
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The ~ is read by Katie Daly.
PREPOSITION
▪ in the ~
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Our school was mentioned in the ~.
▪ on the ~
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I heard it on the evening ~.