news

news
noun
1 new information
ADJECTIVE
brilliant (BrE, informal), excellent, fantastic, good, great, happy, marvellous/marvelous (esp. BrE), terrific, tremendous (esp. BrE), welcome, wonderful

The good news is that we've all been given an extra day's leave.

Great news! We've bought the house.

encouraging, positive
awful, bad, devastating, disappointing, grim, sad, terrible, tragic, unwelcome
disturbing, shock (BrE), shocking
big, dramatic, important, major (esp. AmE), momentous (esp. BrE)
breaking, hot, late, latest, recent

Some late news has just come in.

old
exciting, interesting
hard
front-page, headline

It was front-page news at the time.

online
domestic, local, national, regional
foreign, international
business, City (BrE), economic, financial
celebrity
sports
football, etc.
shipping (AmE) (shipping forecast in BrE)
… OF NEWS
bit, item, piece

We've had a bit of good news.

VERB + NEWS
catch, get, have, hear, learn, receive

You can catch all the latest news on our website.

Have you heard the latest news?

catch up on

I want to catch up on all your news.

follow

I follow food industry news fairly closely.

announce, break, bring (sb), convey, deliver, give sb, relay, reveal, tell sb

The police had to break the news to the boy's parents.

confirm

The company refused to confirm the news.

share, spread

He shared his good news with everyone else in the office.

She ran from office to office, spreading the news.

print, publish
leak

News of their engagement was leaked to the press.

release

The actor's family released news of his death last night.

post

The news was posted on the band's website.

bury, suppress

Drug companies tend to bury news of drug failures.

report

I don't really have any news to report.

carry, cover

‘The Daily Nation’ carried news of the event.

gather, get

It's the reporter's job to go out and gather news.

await, expect, wait for

They are waiting for news of their relatives.

digest

He took a moment to digest the unbelievable news.

greet, react to, welcome

The news was greeted with astonishment.

celebrate

Mrs Trowsdale will be celebrating the news with her family.

hit, make

It was a very minor incident and barely made the news.

dominate

California's energy crisis dominated the news.

NEWS + VERB
come, come in, come through

News is coming in of a large fire in central London.

break, emerge, leak out

The news broke while we were away.

arrive, reach sb
filter through (sth)
spread, travel

The news spread like wildfire.

NEWS + NOUN
broadcast, bulletin, flash, programme/program, show

The schedules were interrupted for a news flash.

article, clip, exclusive (esp. BrE), footage, headlines, item, release, report, round-up, story, update
digest

a downloadable news digest

coverage

News coverage of the fighting was extremely biased.

event
briefing

He gave his first news briefing since being appointed.

(see also news conference)
agency, organization, outlet, service
desk, room
channel, network, station

Every news channel covered the story.

magazine
anchor (esp. AmE), broadcaster, crew (esp. AmE), editor, journalist, presenter, reporter
source
media
junkie (informal)

If you're a news junkie, you can get updates mailed to you.

alert, ticker

You can get news alerts through your cellphone.

website
blog
PREPOSITION
at the news

She went completely to pieces at the news of his death.

in the news

She's been in the news a lot lately.

with the news

Joan came in with the news that a pay rise had been agreed.

news about

I'm not interested in news about celebrities.

news from

And now with news from the Games, over to our Olympic correspondent.

news of

news of fresh killings

news on

Is there any news on the car bomb attack?

news to

It was news to me that they were married.

2 the news on TV or radio
ADJECTIVE
radio, television, TV
evening, lunchtime (BrE)
ten o'clock, etc.
nightly
prime-time (esp. AmE)
local, national
VERB + THE NEWS
hear, listen to, see, watch
turn on
broadcast
read

The news is read by Katie Daly.

PREPOSITION
in the news

Our school was mentioned in the news.

on the news

I heard it on the evening news.


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