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How to spell new

What it means: Recently made, bought, or acquired.

In a sentence: I got a new toy car for my birthday. ▶

The part people get wrong

Often misspelled as nu or neu.

Sounds like, but is not: knew. Same sound, different spelling and meaning.

Same family: newer, newest, newly, renew, news. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: New comes from Old English 'nīwe' (also spelled 'neowe'), meaning ‘recent, fresh, young.’ It shares an ancient root with the word 'now,' highlighting the idea of something that has just appeared in the present time.

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