new

adjective

• 1not existing before; made, introduced, or discovered recently or now for the first time:new crop varieties this tendency is not new (as noun the new)a fascinating mix of the old and the new
• not previously used or owned:a secondhand bus cost a fraction of a new one
• of recent origin or arrival:a new baby
• (of food or drink) freshly or recently produced.
• (of vegetables) dug or harvested early in the season:new potatoes

• 2already existing but seen, experienced, or acquired recently or now for the first time:her new bike
• [predic.] (new to) unfamiliar or strange to (someone):a way of living that was new to me
• [predic.] (new to/at) (of a person) inexperienced at or unaccustomed to doing (something):I’m quite new to gardening
• different from a recent previous one:I have a new assistant this would be her new home
• in addition to another or others already existing:recruiting new pilots overseas
• (in place names) discovered or founded later than and named after:New York

• 3just beginning or beginning anew and regarded as better than what went before:starting a new life the new South Africa
• (of a person) reinvigorated or restored:a bottle of pills would make him a new man
• superseding another or others of the same kind, and advanced in method or theory:the new architecture
• reviving another or others of the same kind:the New Bohemians

adverb

• newly; recently:new-mown hay new-fallen snow