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# news

noun (news — uncountable)

«news» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. New information about something that has just happened. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/news/#m1)
2. Reports of recent events on TV, radio, websites or in newspapers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/news/#m2)
3. (the news) A programme that reports recent events. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/news/#m3)
4. (informal) Someone or something interesting or important, as in "That's news to me" (I didn't know). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/news/#m4)

### In the lessons

Used everywhere: "good news", "bad news", "the six o'clock news". In media lessons pupils learn to check news is true and to spot fake news. Phrases: "break the news" (tell someone bad news), "that's news to me", "no news is good news", "in the news", "fake news".

### Examples

- I have some good news: we're getting a puppy! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/news/#x1)
- We watched the news after dinner. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/news/#x2)
- Have you heard the news about our teacher? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/news/#x3)
- The news is on at six o'clock. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/news/#x4)
- She broke the news gently that the hamster had died. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/news/#x5)
- "Mr Ellis is leaving?" "That's news to me!" [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/news/#x6)
- Not everything you read online is real news. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/news/#x7)
- There was good news from Cincinnatus. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/news/#x8)

### Note

Uncountable, takes a singular verb: "The news is good" (not "are"). Say "a piece of news" or "some news", never "a news". Though it ends in "s", it is not a plural.

## In Jewish tradition

Used everywhere: "good news", "bad news", "the six o'clock news". In media lessons pupils learn to check news is true and to spot fake news. Phrases: "break the news" (tell someone bad news), "that's news to me", "no news is good news", "in the news", "fake news".

### Examples

- As cold waters to a faint soul, so is good news from a far country. (Writings PRO.25.25, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/N/news/#x1)

### Note

Uncountable, takes a singular verb: "The news is good" (not "are"). Say "a piece of news" or "some news", never "a news". Though it ends in "s", it is not a plural.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «news» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/news/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«news» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/news.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «news» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/N/news/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«news» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/news.html) on Mova free.