New Year
3 ENTRIES FOUND:
New Year
noun
New Year
noun
Britannica Dictionary definition of NEW YEAR
1
[noncount]
or chiefly US
New Year's
:
the first day of the year celebrated as a holiday
especially
:
new year's day
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Happy New Year!
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(chiefly US) a New Year's party = (Brit) a New Year party
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(US) the week between Christmas and New Year's = (Brit) the week between Christmas and New Year
2
[singular]
or
new year
:
the year that is about to start or that has just started
— usually used with the
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They will welcome/greet the New Year with festivities.
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It's sure to be the best film of the new year.
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We stayed up past midnight on New Year's Eve to see the new year in. [=to see the beginning of the new year]
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the Chinese New Year [=the new year according to the Chinese calendar]
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the Jewish New Year [=Rosh Hashanah]
