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 ne
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| 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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Era Definition–noun | 1. | a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.: The use of steam for power marked the beginning of an era. |
| 2. | the period of time to which anything belongs or is to be assigned: She was born in the era of hansoms and gaslight. |
| 3. | a system of chronologic notation reckoned from a given date: The era of the Romans was based upon the time the city of Rome was founded. |
| 4. | a point of time from which succeeding years are numbered, as at the beginning of a system of chronology: Caesar died many years before our era. |
| 5. | a date or an event forming the beginning of any distinctive period: The year 1492 marks an era
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| 6. | Geology. a major division of geologic time composed of a number of periods. |
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Cap Definition–noun | 1. | a close-fitting covering for the head, usually of soft supple material and having no visor or brim. |
| 2. | a brimless head covering with a visor, as a baseball cap. |
| 4. | a headdress denoting rank, occupation, religious order, or the like: a nurse's cap. |
| 6. | Mathematics. the symbol ∩, used to indicate the intersection of two sets. Compare intersection (def. 3a). |
| 7. | anything resembling or suggestive of a covering for the head in shape, use, or position: a cap on a bottle. |
| 9. | a maximum limit, as one set by law or agreement on prices, wages, spending, etc., during a certain period of time; ceiling: a 9 percent cap on pay increases for this year. |
| 10. | Mycology. the pileus of a mushroom. |
| 12. | Mining. a short, horizontal beam at the top of a prop for supporting part of a roof. |
| 14. | British Sports. a selection for a representative team, usually for a national squad. |
| 15. | a noise-making device for toy pistols, made of a small quantity of explosive wrapped in paper or other thin material. |
| 16. | Nautical. a fitting of metal placed over the head of a spar, as a mast or bowsprit, and having a collar for securing an additional spar. |
| 17. | a new tread applied to a worn pneumatic tire. |
| 18. | Architecture. a capital. |
| 19. | Carpentry. a metal plate placed over the iron of a plane to break the shavings as they rise. |
| 21. | Chiefly British Slang. a contraceptive diaphragm. |
–verb (used with object) | 22. | to provide or cover with or as if with a cap. |
| 24. | follow up with something as good or better; surpass; outdo: to cap one joke with another. |
| 25. | to serve as a cap, covering, or top to; overlie. |
| 26. | to put a maximum limit on (prices, wages, spending, etc.). |
| 27. | British Sports. to select (a player) for a representative team. |
–verb (used without object) | 28. | Fox Hunting. to hunt with a hunting club of which one is not a member, on payment of a capping fee. |
—Idioms| 29. | cap in hand, humbly; in supplication: He went to his father cap in hand and begged his forgiveness. |
| 30. | set one's cap for, to pursue as being a potential mate. |
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