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/njuːz/

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Meaning

New facts about things that have just happened.

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Word origin

From the plural of new, meaning new things, on the model of the Old French noveles.

Origin
Middle English
Root
new

Examples

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"News" means new facts about what has just happened.

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"News" is uncountable and takes a singular verb, so we say "the news is".

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Here "news" is a happy piece of information.

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news: worksheet, infographic and listicle

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This word is taught in chapter 5, lesson 8: news, front, steal and 7 more words.