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Meaning of news

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  news
      n 1: information about recent and important events; "they
           awaited news of the outcome" [syn: {news}, {intelligence},
           {tidings}, {word}]
      2: information reported in a newspaper or news magazine; "the
         news of my death was greatly exaggerated"
      3: a program devoted to current events, often using interviews
         and commentary; "we watch the 7 o'clock news every night"
         [syn: {news program}, {news show}, {news}]
      4: informal information of any kind that is not previously known
         to someone; "it was news to me"
      5: the quality of being sufficiently interesting to be reported
         in news bulletins; "the judge conceded the newsworthiness of
         the trial"; "he is no longer news in the fashion world" [syn:
         {newsworthiness}, {news}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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