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NEWS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The quality of being sufficiently interesting to be reported in news bulletins
Example:
he is no longer news in the fashion world
Synonyms:
news; newsworthiness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("news" is a kind of...):
interest; interestingness (the power of attracting or holding one's attention (because it is unusual or exciting etc.))
Sense 2
Meaning:
A program devoted to current events, often using interviews and commentary
Example:
we watch the 7 o'clock news every night
Synonyms:
news; news program; news show
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("news" is a kind of...):
broadcast; program; programme (a radio or television show)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "news"):
television news (a television broadcast of news)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Information about recent and important events
Example:
they awaited news of the outcome
Synonyms:
intelligence; news; tidings; word
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("news" is a kind of...):
info; information (a message received and understood)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "news"):
good word (good news)
latest (the most recent news or development)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Informal information of any kind that is not previously known to someone
Example:
it was news to me
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("news" is a kind of...):
info; information (a message received and understood)
Derivation:
newsy (full of news)
Sense 5
Meaning:
Information reported in a newspaper or news magazine
Example:
the news of my death was greatly exaggerated
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("news" is a kind of...):
info; information (a message received and understood)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "news"):
business news (news about businesses and investments)
account; news report; report; story; write up (a short account of the news)
newscast (a broadcast of news or commentary on the news)
coverage; reportage; reporting (the news as presented by reporters for newspapers or radio or television)
hard news (news that deals with serious topics or events)
soft news (news that does not deal with serious topics or events)
stop press (late news that is inserted into the newspaper at the last minute)
Context examples:
The news of it was borne in upon him, not by sight, or sound, or smell, but by some other and subtler sense.
(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)
He had been observed, the news had been carried to the dead dog's master, the squaws remembered all the instances of stolen meat, and Grey Beaver was beset by many angry voices.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
Finally he shot out his terrible news.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Well, that was about the last news we had of the three pirates.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
“And now,” said Mr. Utterson, as soon as Poole had left them, “you have heard the news?”
(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
“What, you have had some news?” cried my uncle, and I noticed a tremor in his voice.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
So they stood, silent and motionless, when their leader came riding towards them, his face shining and his whole small figure swelling with the news which he bore.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
But enthusiasm had lost its spring in him, and he found that he was more anxious to see Brissenden than he was to carry the good news.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
All I can say is that you should be very excited by the news.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
This was news to me indeed.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
