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
    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]

	

	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

	

	NEWS
       Netware Early Warning System (Novell, Netware)

	

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

	

	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).

	

	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]