News | Mean of news in English Dictionary

/ˈnuːz/

• Noun
• new information or a report about something that has happened recently
1. Do you have any news to report?
2. I have some good news, and I have some bad news.
3. Have you heard the good news? She's going to have a baby!
4. What's the big/latest news?
5. It was late summer when news of his death arrived. [=when we learned that he had died]
6. We tried to break the news [=tell the bad news] to her gently.
7. “The concert has been canceled.” “Well, that is news to me.” [=I didn't know that; no one told me that]
8. Lower ticket prices are good news for [=make things easier for] sports fans.
9. We haven't heard from his teacher lately, but no news is good news. [=if he was doing badly, his teacher would have told us]
• information that is reported in a newspaper, magazine, television news program, etc.
1. local/international news
2. The company has been in the news recently.
3. and now this late-breaking news [=the most recent news of the day]
4. front-page news [=important news that could be reported on the front page of a newspaper]
5. TV news reporters
6. news stories/reports
7. the news media
8. a slow news day [=a day with little news to report]
• someone or something that is exciting and in the news
1. She's big news here in the city.
2. That band is old news. = The band is yesterday's news. [=that band isn't new or exciting anymore]

• a television news program
1. We saw it on the evening/nightly news.
2. The local news is on at 5:30.