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/njuː/ adjective

Translation

DIFFERENT different from before
yeni
I need some new shoes. Have you met Fiona's new boyfriend? He's starting his new job on Monday. We're always looking for new ways to improve our services.1565
RECENTLY MADE recently made
yeni, hiç kullanılmamış
Their house is quite new - it's about five years old. The factory will provide hundreds of new jobs for the area.1565
NOT KNOWN BEFORE not known before
tanınmamış, başka, yeni, görülmemiş
to discover a new gene/star1565
be new to sb If a situation or activity is new to you, you have not had experience of it before.
yeni/yabancı olmak
You'll have to be patient, this is all new to me.15651134
be new to sth If you are new to a situation or activity, you have only recently started experiencing it.
yeni/çiçeği burnunda olmak
I'm new to the job. They're new to the area. → See also a whole new ball game → See also new blood → See also brand new → See also break new ground → See also new heights → See also turn over a new leaf → See also give sb/sth a new lease of life15651134
(Definition of new adjective from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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