"newer" in the adjective sense
1. new
not of long duration having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
"a new law"
"new cars"
"a new comet"
"a new friend"
"a new year"
"the New World"
2. fresh, new, novel
original and of a kind not seen before
"the computer produced a completely novel proof of a well-known theorem"
3. raw, new
lacking training or experience
"the new men were eager to fight"
"raw recruits"
4. new, unexampled
having no previous example or precedent or parallel
"a time of unexampled prosperity"
5. new
other than the former one(s different
"they now have a new leaders"
"my new car is four years old but has only 15,000 miles on it"
"ready to take a new direction"
6. new
unaffected by use or exposure
"it looks like new"
7. New
in use after medieval times
"New Eqyptian was the language of the 18th to 21st dynasties"
8. Modern, New
used of a living language being the current stage in its development
"Modern English"
"New Hebrew is Israeli Hebrew"
9. new, young
of crops) harvested at an early stage of development before complete maturity
"new potatoes"
"young corn"
10. new
often followed by `to') unfamiliar
"new experiences"
"experiences new to him"
"errors of someone new to the job"
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