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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English 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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WordNet 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]

Moby Dictionary
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"

Jargon NeWS /nee'wis/, /n[y]oo'is/ or /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).

FOLDOC news

See netnews.

FOLDOC 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]