news Definition

news
singular noun

1. Information about recent events, now especially as reported in newspapers, on radio or TV, or via the Internet.

Thesaurus: intelligence, communication.
2. A radio or TV broadcast report of news.

Thesaurus: bulletin, communiqué, dispatch, report, broadcast, scoop (slang).
Form: the news
3. Any fresh interesting information.

Thesaurus: discovery, revelation, update, scandal.
4. A currently celebrated person, thing or event.

Example: He's big news in America

Idiom: that's news to me

colloq
I have not heard that before.

Etymology: 15c, meaning ‘new things'.