"news" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /n(j)uːz/ Audio: en-us-news.ogg [US] Forms: news [singular], [plural]
enPR: n(y)o͞oz Head templates: {{noun|news|none}} [POS TABLE]
  1. News is information about things that happened a short time ago, especially on the radio, TV or in newspapers.
    Sense id: simple-news-en-noun-k4mplW3F
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "news",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "–",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "news",
        "2": "none"
      },
      "expansion": "[POS TABLE]",
      "name": "noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Did you hear the news that the war just ended?"
        },
        {
          "text": "Do you have any news about Paul's sickness?"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "News is information about things that happened a short time ago, especially on the radio, TV or in newspapers."
      ],
      "id": "simple-news-en-noun-k4mplW3F",
      "raw_tags": [
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "enpr": "n(y)o͞oz"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/n(j)uːz/"
    },
    {
      "sampa": "/n(j)u:z/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-news.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophones": [
        "gnus"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "news"
}
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "news",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "–",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "news",
        "2": "none"
      },
      "expansion": "[POS TABLE]",
      "name": "noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Uncountable nouns"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Did you hear the news that the war just ended?"
        },
        {
          "text": "Do you have any news about Paul's sickness?"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "News is information about things that happened a short time ago, especially on the radio, TV or in newspapers."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "enpr": "n(y)o͞oz"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/n(j)uːz/"
    },
    {
      "sampa": "/n(j)u:z/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-news.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophones": [
        "gnus"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "news"
}

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