English Dictionary
◊ NEWS
news
n 1: new information about specific and timely events; "they
awaited news of the outcome" [syn: {intelligence}, {tidings},
{word}]
2: new information of any kind; "it was news to me"
3: a program devoted to news; "we watch the 7 o'clock news
every night" [syn: {news program}, {news show}]
4: information reported in a newspaper or news magazine; "the
news of my death was greatly exaggerated"
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}]
English Computing Dictionary
◊ NEWS
NeWS
/nee'wis/, /n[y]oo'is/ or /n[y]ooz/ {Network extensible Window
System}.
Many hackers insist on the two-syllable pronunciations above
as a way of distinguishing NeWS from {news} (the {netnews}
software).
[{Jargon File}]
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