news

Universal Words noun 1 [U] new information about sth that has happened recently: What's the latest news? * Have you heard the news? Pat's leaving! * That's great news. * Tell me all your news. * Have you had any news of Patrick? * Any news on the deal? * Messengers brought news that the battle had been lost. * Do you want the good news or the bad news first? * a piece / bit of news * (spoken) It's news to me (= I haven't heard it before). 2 [U] reports of recent events that appear in newspapers or on television or radio: national / international news * a news story / item / report * News of a serious road accident is just coming in. * She is always in the news. * The wedding was front-page news. 3 (the news) [sing.] a regular television or radio broadcast of the latest news: to listen to / watch the news * Can you put the news on? * I saw it on the news. * the nine o'clock news 4 [U] a person, thing or event that is considered to be interesting enough to be reported as news: Pop stars are always news. seealsoNEWSY IDIOMS be bad news (for sb/sth) to be likely to cause problems: Central heating is bad news for indoor plants. break the news (to sb) to be the first to tell sb some bad news be good news (for sb/sth) to be likely to be helpful or give an advantage: The cut in interest rates is good news for homeowners. no news is good news (saying) if there were bad news we would hear it, so as we have heard nothing, it is likely that nothing bad has happened