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news

NOOZ/nuz/UKNYOOZ/njuːz/

Verbnewses, newsing, newsed

4 meanings of news

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  1. 1
    media reportsnoununcountable
    Information about current events spread to the public by newspapers, television, radio, and online outlets.

    The network broke the news of the election results before midnight.

    Reporters gathered outside the courthouse to cover the breaking news.

    UsageYou hear or see things on the news, and it takes a singular verb: the news is on at six.

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  2. 2
    fresh informationnoununcountable
    Recently received information that is of interest to the listener or reader.

    He couldn't wait to tell his parents the good news about the scholarship.

    Any news from the front would travel slowly to the village.

    UsageTakes a singular verb, the news is good, and one item is a piece of news (not incorrect: a news).

    Similarword, information (entry)

    Note

    Shakespeare already writes "there's newes for you" in All's Well, that Ends Well, using it for a single surprising announcement.

  3. 3
    verbarchaictransitive
    To report a piece of information or make an event widely known to others.
    This remark was newsed abroad; whereupon the loyal authorities of Lerwick immediately had the revolutionary skipper arrested, on a charge of high treason.
    1874, Robert Cowie, Shetland
    Note

    A verb made straight from the noun, with a full regular set of forms: newses, newsing, newsed. It takes an object, and it often appears in the passive with abroad, meaning "spread around": Robert Cowie's book Shetland has a remark "newsed abroad." In modern writing it reads as deliberately old-fashioned, so use report or spread unless you want that flavor.

    Checked 1 Nov 2026 · 5 facts

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  1. 4
    noun
    Messages posted by users to Usenet newsgroups for others to read and reply to.

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Origin

From Middle English newes or newys ("new things"), formed from "new" (as a noun) plus "-s". It is related to words like West Frisian nijs, Dutch nieuws, and German Low German Neeis, though those began as genitives rather than plurals. The claim that it is an acronym of "North, East, West, South" is false.

Checked 31 Oct 2026 · 3 facts

  • News comes from Middle English newes or newys, meaning "new things", formed from the noun new plus plural -s. en.wiktionary.org
  • West Frisian nijs, Dutch nieuws, and German Low German Neeis are related forms that originated as genitives rather than plurals. en.wiktionary.org
  • News did not originate as an acronym of North, East, West, South. en.wikipedia.org