news
from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
news
n 1: information about recent and important events; "they
awaited news of the outcome" [syn: {news}, {intelligence},
{tidings}, {word}]
2: information reported in a newspaper or news magazine; "the
news of my death was greatly exaggerated"
3: a program devoted to current events, often using interviews
and commentary; "we watch the 7 o'clock news every night"
[syn: {news program}, {news show}, {news}]
4: informal information of any kind that is not previously known
to someone; "it was news to me"
5: the quality of being sufficiently interesting to be reported
in news bulletins; "the judge conceded the newsworthiness of
the trial"; "he is no longer news in the fashion world" [syn:
{newsworthiness}, {news}]
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
News \News\ (n[=u]z), n [From New; cf. F. nounelles. News is
plural in form, but is commonly used with a singular verb.]
1. A report of recent occurrences; information of something
that has lately taken place, or of something before
unknown; fresh tidings; recent intelligence.
[1913 Webster]
Evil news rides post, while good news baits.
--Milton.
[1913 Webster]
2. Something strange or newly happened.
[1913 Webster]
It is no news for the weak and poor to be a prey to
the strong and rich. --L'Estrange.
[1913 Webster]
3. A bearer of news; a courier; a newspaper. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster]
There cometh a news thither with his horse. --Pepys.
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from
Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003)
NeWS
/nee'wis/, /n[y]oo'is/, /n[y]ooz/, n.
[acronym; the "Network Window System"] The road not taken in window
systems, an elegant {PostScript}-based environment that would almost
certainly have won the standards war with {X} if it hadn't been
{proprietary} to Sun Microsystems. There is a lesson here that too
many software vendors haven't yet heeded. Many hackers insist on the
two-syllable pronunciations above as a way of distinguishing NeWS from
Usenet news (the {netnews} software).
from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
49 Moby Thesaurus words for "news":
account, advice, announcement, bulletin, communication, communique,
daily, daily newspaper, dirt, dispatch, dope, expose, extra,
extra edition, gazette, gossip, hearsay, info, information,
intelligence, low-down, lowdown, message, national newspaper,
neighborhood newspaper, newscast, newspaper, newspaper of record,
paper, poop, press release, rag, report, rumor, scandal, scoop,
scuttlebutt, sheet, special, special edition, statement, story,
tabloid, talk, tattle, tidings, weekly, weekly newspaper, word
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