news

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   the quality of being sufficiently interesting to be reported in news bulletins

   the judge conceded the newsworthiness of the trial

2. 2
   noun

   a program devoted to current events, often using interviews and commentary

   we watch the 7 o'clock news every night

3. 3
   noun

   information about recent and important events

   they awaited news of the outcome

4. 4
   noun

   informal information of any kind that is not previously known to someone

   it was news to me

5. 5
   noun

   information reported in a newspaper or news magazine

   the news of my death was greatly exaggerated

6. 6
   noun

   New information of interest.

   Is there any news about the storm?

7. 7
   noun

   Information about current events disseminated by the media.

   Did you hear/read/see the latest news?

8. 8
   noun

   Messages posted on newsgroups.

   The Usenet news system brings people together from around the world and forms social groups on the basis of common interest. Usenet news is a domain that is suffering badly from information overload.

Etymology

From Middle English newes, newys (“new things”), equivalent to new (noun) + -s (plural suffix). Compare Saterland Frisian Näis (“news”), East Frisian näjs (“news”), West Frisian nijs (“news”), Dutch nieuws (“news”), German Low German Neeis (“new things; news”), though, unlike the English word, those cognates originated as genitives, not as plurals. Sometimes erroneously claimed to be an acronym of "North, East, West, South" or "Noteworthy Events, Weather, Sports".