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Definition 2024

new-

new-

See also: new, New, and ñew

English

Prefix

new-

  1. newly, recently
    newborn
    newfound
  2. anew, again, re-
    newcreate
    newmodel

Usage notes

  • Not to be confused with new, used as a combining form to form words which have a hyphen.
  • Possibly productive in early modern English.
  • Most words beginning with new and spelled without a hyphen are respellings of words that acquired a prefix in Middle or Old English.

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