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News - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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News : (noun)
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]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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News : \News\, n [Based on New; cf. F. nounelles. News ?s plural in
form, but is commonly used with a singular verb.]
1. A report of recent occurences; information of something
that has lately taken place, or of something before
unknown; fresh tindings; recent intelligence.
Evil news rides post, while good news baits.
--Milton.
2. Something strange or newly happened.
It is no news for the weak and poor to be a prey to
the strong and rich. --L'Estrange.
3. A bearer of news; a courier; a newspaper. [Obs.]
There cometh a news thither with his horse. --Pepys.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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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]
Based on the Online Dictionary of Computing [Computer_Dictionary]:
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News :
See netnews.
Based on the Online Dictionary of Computing [Computer_Dictionary]:
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News : Netware Early Warning System (Novell, Netware)
Based on Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [Acronyms_Dictionary]:
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News : Networked Extensible Windowing System (Sun), "NeWS"
Based on Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [Acronyms_Dictionary]:
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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">{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).
Based on Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [Acronyms_Dictionary]:
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Example Usage of News |
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NigeriaDotCom: #nigeria admin: UN Urged to Reinstate Congo Monitor - Scoop.co.nz (press release) (News) - http://nspace.nigeria.com/main/node/174139 |
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JournalNow: RT @timclodfelter: The latest on the bickering between Time Warner Cable and Fox's News Corp in Wednesday's Journal. You picked a side? |
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mrbry: not all bad telly News tonight from the BBC. the splendid We Need Answers on BBC4 followed by @CharltonBrooker just now. can't be too bad. |
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