News (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun (usually used with a singular verb)
  1. a report of a recent event; intelligence; information: His family has had no news of his whereabouts for months.
  2. the presentation of a report on recent or new events in a newspaper or other periodical or on radio or television.
  3. such reports taken collectively; information reported: There's good news tonight.
  4. a person, thing, or event considered as a choice subject for journalistic treatment; newsworthy material.
  5. newspaper.
  6. newscast.
noun (functioning as singular)
  1. current events; important or interesting recent happenings
  2. information about such events, as in the mass media
    • a presentation, such as a radio broadcast, of information of this type
    • (in combination)
  3. interesting or important information not previously known or realized
  4. a person, fashion, etc, widely reported in the mass media
News (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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