new year

 

noun

  • the calendar year just begun or about to begin: Happy New Year!
  • the first few days or weeks of a year: the band is playing at Wembley in the new year
  • the period immediately before and after 31 December: the facilities are closed over Christmas and New Year

Phrases

New Year's

North American informal New Year’s Eve or New Year’s Day: I spent New Year’s alone

see the new year in

stay up until after midnight on 31 December to celebrate the start of a new year.