1. current events; important or interesting recent happenings
2. information about such events, as in the mass media
3.
a. the news a presentation, such as a radio broadcast, of information of this type: the news is at six.
b. (in combination): a newscaster.
4. interesting or important information not previously known or realized: it's news to me.
5. a person, fashion, etc, widely reported in the mass media: she is no longer news in the film world.
[C15: from Middle English newes, plural of newe new (adj) on model of Old French noveles or Medieval Latin nova new things]
ˈnewsless adj