new

adjective

• 1produced, introduced, or discovered recently or now for the first time; not existing before:the new Madonna album 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 second-hand bus costs a fraction of a new one
• of recent origin or arrival:a new baby
• (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 a new sensation
• (new to) unfamiliar or strange to (someone):a way of living that was new to me
• (new to/at) inexperienced at or unaccustomed to (an activity):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:looking for new business
• [in place names] discovered or founded later than and named after:New York

• 3beginning anew and in a transformed way:starting a new life the new South Africa
• (of a person) reinvigorated:a bottle of pills would make him a new man
• superseding and more advanced than another or others of the same kind:the new architecture
• reviving another or others of the same kind:the New Bohemians

adverb

• newly; recently:new-mown hay he was enjoying his new-found freedom