news
- noun1 new informationADJECTIVE▪ brilliant (BrE, informal), excellent, fantastic, good, great, happy, marvellous/marvelous (esp. BrE), terrific, tremendous (esp. BrE), welcome, wonderful▪
The good news is that we've all been given an extra day's leave.
▪Great news! We've bought the house.
▪ encouraging, positive▪ awful, bad, devastating, disappointing, grim, sad, terrible, tragic, unwelcome▪ disturbing, shock (BrE), shocking▪ big, dramatic, important, major (esp. AmE), momentous (esp. BrE)▪ breaking, hot, late, latest, recent▪Some late news has just come in.
▪ old▪ exciting, interesting▪ hard▪ front-page, headline▪It was front-page news at the time.
▪ online▪ domestic, local, national, regional▪ foreign, international▪ business, City (BrE), economic, financial▪ celebrity▪ sports▪ football, etc.▪ shipping (AmE) (shipping forecast in BrE)… OF NEWS▪ bit, item, piece▪We've had a bit of good news.
VERB + NEWS▪ catch, get, have, hear, learn, receive▪You can catch all the latest news on our website.
▪Have you heard the latest news?
▪ catch up on▪I want to catch up on all your news.
▪ follow▪I follow food industry news fairly closely.
▪ announce, break, bring (sb), convey, deliver, give sb, relay, reveal, tell sb▪The police had to break the news to the boy's parents.
▪ confirm▪The company refused to confirm the news.
▪ share, spread▪He shared his good news with everyone else in the office.
▪She ran from office to office, spreading the news.
▪ print, publish▪ leak▪News of their engagement was leaked to the press.
▪ release▪The actor's family released news of his death last night.
▪ post▪The news was posted on the band's website.
▪ bury, suppress▪Drug companies tend to bury news of drug failures.
▪ report▪I don't really have any news to report.
▪ carry, cover▪‘The Daily Nation’ carried news of the event.
▪ gather, get▪It's the reporter's job to go out and gather news.
▪ await, expect, wait for▪They are waiting for news of their relatives.
▪ digest▪He took a moment to digest the unbelievable news.
▪ greet, react to, welcome▪The news was greeted with astonishment.
▪ celebrate▪Mrs Trowsdale will be celebrating the news with her family.
▪ hit, make▪It was a very minor incident and barely made the news.
▪ dominate▪California's energy crisis dominated the news.
NEWS + VERB▪ come, come in, come through▪News is coming in of a large fire in central London.
▪ break, emerge, leak out▪The news broke while we were away.
▪ arrive, reach sb▪ filter through (sth)▪ spread, travel▪The news spread like wildfire.
NEWS + NOUN▪ broadcast, bulletin, flash, programme/program, show▪The schedules were interrupted for a news flash.
▪ article, clip, exclusive (esp. BrE), footage, headlines, item, release, report, round-up, story, update▪ digest▪a downloadable news digest
▪ coverage▪News coverage of the fighting was extremely biased.
▪ event▪ briefing▪He gave his first news briefing since being appointed.
(see also news conference)▪ agency, organization, outlet, service▪ desk, room▪ channel, network, station▪Every news channel covered the story.
▪ magazine▪ anchor (esp. AmE), broadcaster, crew (esp. AmE), editor, journalist, presenter, reporter▪ source▪ media▪ junkie (informal)▪If you're a news junkie, you can get updates mailed to you.
▪ alert, ticker▪You can get news alerts through your cellphone.
▪ website▪ blogPREPOSITION▪ at the news▪She went completely to pieces at the news of his death.
▪ in the news▪She's been in the news a lot lately.
▪ with the news▪Joan came in with the news that a pay rise had been agreed.
▪ news about▪I'm not interested in news about celebrities.
▪ news from▪And now with news from the Games, over to our Olympic correspondent.
▪ news of▪news of fresh killings
▪ news on▪Is there any news on the car bomb attack?
▪ news to▪It was news to me that they were married.
2 the news on TV or radioADJECTIVE▪ radio, television, TV▪ evening, lunchtime (BrE)▪ ten o'clock, etc.▪ nightly▪ prime-time (esp. AmE)▪ local, nationalVERB + THE NEWS▪ hear, listen to, see, watch▪ turn on▪ broadcast▪ read▪The news is read by Katie Daly.
PREPOSITION▪ in the news▪Our school was mentioned in the news.
▪ on the news▪I heard it on the evening news.
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