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English noun: news | |||
| 1. | news (communication) information about recent and important events | ||
| Samples | They awaited news of the outcome. | ||
| Synonyms | intelligence, tidings, word | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | info, information | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | good word, latest, update | ||
| 2. | news (communication) information reported in a newspaper or news magazine | ||
| Samples | The news of my death was greatly exaggerated. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | info, information | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | account, business news, coverage, hard news, news report, newscast, report, reportage, reporting, soft news, stop press, story, write up | ||
| 3. | news (communication) a program devoted to current events, often using interviews and commentary | ||
| Samples | We watch the 7 o'clock news every night. | ||
| Synonyms | news program, news show | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | broadcast, program, programme | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | television news | ||
| 4. | news (communication) informal information of any kind that is not previously known to someone | ||
| Samples | It was news to me. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | info, information | ||
| 5. | news (attribute) the quality of being sufficiently interesting to be reported in news bulletins | ||
| Samples | The judge conceded the newsworthiness of the trial. He is no longer news in the fashion world. | ||
| Synonyms | newsworthiness | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | interest, interestingness | ||
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