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# news

«news» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **New information about something that has just happened** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (news — uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) New information about something that has just happened. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/N/news/#m1)

2) Reports of recent events on TV, radio, websites or in newspapers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/N/news/#m2)

3) (the news) A programme that reports recent events. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/N/news/#m3)

4) (informal) Someone or something interesting or important, as in "That's news to me" (I didn't know). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/N/news/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

Used everywhere: "good news", "bad news", "the six o'clock news". In media lessons pupils learn to check news is true and to spot fake news. Phrases: "break the news" (tell someone bad news), "that's news to me", "no news is good news", "in the news", "fake news".

### examples

- As cold waters to a faint soul, so is good news from a far country. (Writings PRO.25.25, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/N/news/#x1)
- I have some good news: we're getting a puppy! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/N/news/#x2)
- We watched the news after dinner. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/N/news/#x3)
- Have you heard the news about our teacher? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/N/news/#x4)
- The news is on at six o'clock. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/N/news/#x5)
- She broke the news gently that the hamster had died. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/N/news/#x6)
- "Mr Ellis is leaving?" "That's news to me!" [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/N/news/#x7)
- Not everything you read online is real news. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/N/news/#x8)
- There was good news from Cincinnatus. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/N/news/#x9)

### note

Uncountable, takes a singular verb: "The news is good" (not "are"). Say "a piece of news" or "some news", never "a news". Though it ends in "s", it is not a plural.

### In the corpora

- [As cold waters to a faint soul, so is good news from a far country.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.746/)
- [In Melbourne, Mum smiles at Dad over dinner and says, "We've got some news.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/18-were-having-a-baby/3/)
- [Crime is on the news a lot, but most people live their whole lives without serious crime touching them.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/30-police-courts-and-prison/3/)
- [The news mostly reports the worst and most urgent events, because that is what feels important to report.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/32-bad-news-protests-and-helping-others/9/)
- [Parents may switch off the news to protect children from scary pictures, and they worry about it themselves.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/32-bad-news-protests-and-helping-others/10/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «news» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/N/news/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.