# news

Pronunciation: US say "NOOZ" /nuz/; UK say "NYOOZ" /njuːz/

## Noun

1. Information about current events spread to the public by newspapers, television, radio, and online outlets.
   - Simple: Reports about recent events that are shared by TV, newspapers, and websites.
   - _The network broke the news of the election results before midnight._
   - _Reporters gathered outside the courthouse to cover the breaking news._
2. Recently received information that is of interest to the listener or reader.
   - Simple: Fresh facts that someone will be interested to hear about.
   - _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._

## Verb

3. To report a piece of information or make an event widely known to others. *(archaic)*
   - Simple: To tell people about something and make it known.

## Other meanings

- (noun) Messages posted by users to Usenet newsgroups for others to read and reply to.

## 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.

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