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new
(often followed by ‘to’) unfamiliar
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adjective
(often followed by ‘to’) unfamiliar
“new experiences”
adjective
having no previous example or precedent or parallel
“a time of unexampled prosperity”
adjective
(of crops) harvested at an early stage of development; before complete maturity
“new potatoes”
adjective
lacking training or experience
“the new men were eager to fight”
adjective
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
“a new law”
adjective
original and of a kind not seen before
“the computer produced a completely novel proof of a well-known theorem”
adjective
other than the former one(s); different
“they now have a new leaders”
adjective
unaffected by use or exposure
“it looks like new”
adverb
very recently
“they are newly married”
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new experiences
experiences new to him
errors of someone new to the job
a time of unexampled prosperity
new potatoes
young corn
the new men were eager to fight
raw recruits
a new law
new cars
a new comet
a new friend
a new year
the computer produced a completely novel proof of a well-known theorem
they now have a new leaders
my new car is four years old but has only 15,000 miles on it
ready to take a new direction
it looks like new
they are newly married
newly raised objections
a newly arranged hairdo
grass new washed by the rain
a freshly cleaned floor
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