## Meanings
1. Information about recent and important events.
2. Reports about current events shared by television, radio, newspapers, or the internet.
3. A television or radio programme about current events.

## Examples
- They awaited news of the outcome.
- Did you hear the latest news?
- We watch the seven o'clock news every night.

## Derived Forms
- cybernews
- e-news
- job's-news
- mumblenews
- netnews
- news-house
- newsagency
- newsagent
- newsaholic
- newsbar
- newsbeat
- newsbill

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: newes

## 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".

## AI Etymology
News comes 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". Modern senses include information about recent and important events and reports about current events shared by television, radio, newspapers, or the internet. The wider word family includes derivatives such as cybernews, e-news, job's-news, mumblenews, netnews, and news-house.

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