New World

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noun

new-world

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adjective

: of, relating to, or characteristic of the New World
Snatches and scraps of old-world philosophies and new-world ethics floated through his mind …Jack London
New-world visitors accustomed to sedate, 55-mile-an-hour speed limits, lane discipline, and courtly driving may be genuinely astonished at old-world ways, especially when they're struggling with a stick shift on a hot summer day with no air-conditioning in the car.Tony Rocca
We new-world settlers … brought the imagination of other countries to transplant it in a different geography.Guy Davenport
Even notes of honey can emerge with bottle age, and new-world examples of the wine made from ripe-picked grapes have exhibited aromas of fig and black raspberry jam.John Winthrop Haeger
Phrases
the New World
: the western hemisphere
especially : the continental landmass of North and South America
It must therefore be inferred that the colonizers of the New World … numbered at least 900 individuals … Johanna Nichols
Some 30,000 Kuna Indians live in villages on the tiny coral islands just off Panama's Caribbean Coast … When Columbus landed in the New World, these Indians occupied a much larger slice of Central America. Norman Myers

Examples of New World in a Sentence

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Noun
That’s according to the 2024 USA Wealth Report put out by investment migration consultancy Henley & Partners and New World Wealth, which finds there are now more Americans applying for residence and citizenship-by-investment programs than citizens of any other country. Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 19 Mar. 2024 Electric Light Orchestra's most recent Phoenix concert appears to have been in 1977, when the A New World Record Tour played Veterans Memorial Coliseum. Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 18 Mar. 2024 Food courts like New World Mall and New York Food Court competed for its clientele. Caroline Shin, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2024 Nelson will next be seen in Captain America: Brave New World. James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Mar. 2024 Dark-eyed junco, Junco hyemalis – These New World sparrows overwinter throughout much of the U.S. Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 4 Mar. 2024 The natural wine selection will include wines from mostly European regions, along with some domestic and New World wines from outside Europe. Bridget Fogarty, Journal Sentinel, 1 Mar. 2024 When: March 2, 12:30 p.m. Where: de la Cruz Collection, 23 NE 41st Street Info: The family requests donations be made to the Miami Foundation New World School of the Arts Travel Fund and/or the Design and Architecture Senior High young designers scholarship fund. Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 29 Feb. 2024 Every year, the de la Cruzes work with the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation to send students from New World School of the Arts and DASH to New York City and abroad to further their studies. Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 27 Feb. 2024
Adjective
Rather than utilizing traditional cider apples for their brews, Backwater uses table and dessert apple varieties to create modern and new-world style ciders. Marissa Wu, Southern Living, 21 Aug. 2023 On my last morning, a rowdy thunderstorm caused the lights to flicker inside the hotel parlor — a reminder that even amid all its modern updates, the Crescent City retains its old- meets new-world charm. Kate Donnelly, Travel + Leisure, 8 July 2023 Using traditional flavors and recipes with foraged and new-world ingredients, the menu here is unlike any other. Jonny Bierman, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Feb. 2023 Proof that old-world can meet new-world in a delicious dining display. Rachel Silva, ELLE Decor, 16 Feb. 2023

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Word History

First Known Use

Noun

1549, in the meaning defined above

Adjective

circa 1855, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of New World was in 1549

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“New World.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/New%20World. Accessed 28 Mar. 2024.

Kids Definition

New World

noun
: the western hemisphere
especially : the continental landmass of North and South America
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