news

8 definitions found

news - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  News \News\ (n[=u]z), n [From New; cf. F. nounelles. News is
     plural in form, but is commonly used with a singular verb.]
     1. A report of recent occurrences; information of something
        that has lately taken place, or of something before
        unknown; fresh tidings; recent intelligence.
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              Evil news rides post, while good news baits.
                                                    --Milton.
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     2. Something strange or newly happened.
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              It is no news for the weak and poor to be a prey to
              the strong and rich.                  --L'Estrange.
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     3. A bearer of news; a courier; a newspaper. [Obs.]
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              There cometh a news thither with his horse. --Pepys.
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news - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  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]

news - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  netnews
  news
  
     /net'n[y]ooz/ 1. The software that makes Usenet run.
  
     2. The content of Usenet.  "I read netnews right after my
     mail most mornings."
  
     [Jargon File]
  
     (1994-12-14)
  

  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]
  

news - Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003) :

  NeWS
   /nee'wis/, /n[y]oo'is/, /n[y]ooz/, n.
  
     [acronym; the "Network Window System"] The road not taken in window
     systems, an elegant PostScript-based environment that would almost
     certainly have won the standards war with X if it hadn't been
     proprietary to Sun Microsystems. There is a lesson here that too
     many software vendors haven't yet heeded. Many hackers insist on the
     two-syllable pronunciations above as a way of distinguishing NeWS
  from
     Usenet news (the netnews software).
  

news - V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (June 2006) :

  NEWS
         Netware Early Warning System (Novell, Netware)
         

  NEWS
         Networked Extensible Windowing System (Sun), "NeWS"
         

news - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  49 Moby Thesaurus words for "news":
     account, advice, announcement, bulletin, communication, communique,
     daily, daily newspaper, dirt, dispatch, dope, expose, extra,
     extra edition, gazette, gossip, hearsay, info, information,
     intelligence, low-down, lowdown, message, national newspaper,
     neighborhood newspaper, newscast, newspaper, newspaper of record,
     paper, poop, press release, rag, report, rumor, scandal, scoop,
     scuttlebutt, sheet, special, special edition, statement, story,
     tabloid, talk, tattle, tidings, weekly, weekly newspaper, word