New Definition–adjective | 1. | of recent origin, production, purchase, etc.; having but lately come or been brought into being: a new book. | | 2. | of a kind now existing or appearing for the first time; novel: a new concept of the universe. | | 3. | having but lately or but now come into knowledge: a new chemical element. | | 4. | unfamiliar or strange (often fol. by to): ideas new to us; to visit new lands. | | 5. | having but lately come to a place, position, status, etc.: a reception for our new minister. | | 6. | unaccustomed (usually fol. by to): people new to such work. | | 7. | coming or occurring afresh; further; additional: new gains. | | 8. | fresh or unused: to start a new sheet of paper. | | 9. | (of physical or moral qualities) different and better: The vacation made a new man of him. | | 10. | other than the former or the old: a new era; in the New World. | | 11. | being the later or latest of two or more things of the same kind: the New Testament; a new edition of Shakespeare. | | 12. | (initial capital letter ) (of a language) in its latest known period, esp. as a living language at the present time: New High German. | –adverb | 13. | recently or lately (usually used in combination): The valley was green with new-planted crops. | | 14. | freshly; anew or afresh (often used in combination): roses new washed with dew; new-mown hay. | –noun | 15. | something that is new; a new object, quality, condition, etc.: Ring out the old, ring in the new. | |
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Car Definition–noun | 2. | a vehicle running on rails, as a streetcar or railroad car. | | 3. | the part of an elevator, balloon, modern airship, etc., that carries the passengers, freight, etc. | | 4. | British Dialect. any wheeled vehicle, as a farm cart or wagon. | | 5. | Literary. a chariot, as of war or triumph. | | 6. | Archaic. cart; carriage. | |
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Price Definition–noun | 1. | the sum or amount of money or its equivalent for which anything is bought, sold, or offered for sale. | | 2. | a sum offered for the capture of a person alive or dead: The authorities put a price on his head. | | 3. | the sum of money, or other consideration, for which a person's support, consent, etc., may be obtained, esp. in cases involving sacrifice of integrity: They claimed that every politician has a price. | | 4. | that which must be given, done, or undergone in order to obtain a thing: He gained the victory, but at a heavy price. | | 6. | Archaic. value or worth. | | 7. | Archaic. great value or worth (usually prec. b
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Quote Definition–verb (used with object) | 1. | to repeat (a passage, phrase, etc.) from a book, speech, or the like, as by way of authority, illustration, etc. | | 2. | to repeat words from (a book, author, etc.). | | 3. | to use a brief excerpt from: The composer quotes Beethoven's Fifth in his latest work. | | 4. | to cite, offer, or bring forward as evidence or support. | | 5. | to enclose (words) within quotation marks. | | 6. | Commerce. | b. | to state the current price of. | | –verb (used without object) | 7. | to make a quotation or quotations, as from a book or author. | | 8. | (used by a speaker to indicate the beginning of a quotation.) | –noun —Idiom | 11. | quote unquote, so called; so to speak; as it were: If you're a liberal, quote unquote, they're suspicious of you. | |
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