news
news Lexical Profile
news Game Scores & Validity
• noun
Newly received or noteworthy information, especially about recent or important events.
"Have you heard the latest news about the company's expansion?"
A television or radio broadcast, or a published section in a newspaper or online outlet, presenting reports of recent events.
"We usually watch the evening news together while eating dinner."
Information not previously known to a specific person, often used to express surprise.
"The schedule change was certainly news to me when I arrived this morning."
Word Nuance & Usage
Although ending in '-s' and historically plural in form, 'news' is an uncountable noun that always takes a singular verb (e.g., 'No news is good news') and cannot be counted directly without a quantifier such as 'a piece of news'.
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Word Origin & Etymology
Originating in late Middle English as the plural of the noun 'new' ('new things'), it was modeled on Old French 'nouvelles' and Medieval Latin 'nova'. A persistent folk etymology falsely claims it is an acronym for the four cardinal directions (North, East, West, South).