New YearˌNew ˈYear, new year ●●○ noun [uncountable] 
We’re going to spend Christmas and the New Year with my parents. The business will be closed over New Year.Happy New Year (=used as a greeting) Our neighbours invited us round to see in the new year (=celebrate the beginning of the year).2the new year the first few weeks of the year: Prices are expected to go up in the new year.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
- After that it will be decided whether or not he goes chasing in the New Year.
- During the last winter of the war she became pregnant again, but only to suffer another miscarriage in the New Year.
- Happy New Year, and, as always, bon appetit.
- Have a happy Christmas and a good New Year.
- Municipalbond investors are bracing for trouble in the New Year.
- There were playing cards, the New Year issues of Time and Newsweek and some videos.
WORD SETS
AD, advance, verbafter, prepositionafternoon, nounalarm, nounalarm clock, nouna.m., Anno Domini, annual, adjectiveApril, nounAsh Wednesday, nounAug., August, nounautumn, nounautumnal, adjectivebank holiday, nounBC, BCE, biannual, adjectivebicentenary, nounbicentennial, nounbiennial, adjectivebimonthly, adjectivebirthday, nounbiweekly, adjectivebonfire night, nounBoxing Day, nounBritish Summer Time, nounBST, nouncalendar, nouncalendar month, nouncalendar year, nouncarriage clock, nouncentenary, nouncentury, nounChristmas, nounChristmas Day, nounChristmas Eve, nounChristmastime, nounchronograph, nounchronological, adjectivechronometer, nouncircadian, adjectiveclock, nouncrystal, nouncuckoo clock, nouncycle, nouncyclic, adjectivedaily, adjectivedaily, adverbdate, noundate, verbdawn, nounday, nounDec., decade, nounDecember, noundiamond anniversary, noundiamond jubilee, noundinnertime, noundiurnal, adjectived.o.b., due date, noundusk, nounface, nounFather's Day, nounfeast, nounFebruary, nounfortnightly, adjectiveFourth of July, the, Fri., Friday, nounGood Friday, nounGreenwich Mean Time, nounGregorian calendar, nounguy, nounGuy Fawkes Night, nounhalf-hourly, adjectivehalf-yearly, adjectiveHalloween, nounhand, nounHanukkah, nounharvest festival, nounHogmanay, nounhorn, nounhour, nounhourglass, nounhour hand, nounhr, Independence Day, nounJan., January, nounjubilee, nounJuly, nounJune, nounLabor Day, nounleap year, nounlunar month, nounmainspring, nounman-hour, nounMar., March, nounMardi Gras, nounmarket day, nounMaundy Thursday, nounMay, nounMay Day, nounMichaelmas, nounmidday, nounmiddle age, nounmiddle-aged, adjectivemidnight, nounMidsummer Day, nounmidweek, adjectivemillennium, nounmin., minute hand, nounMon., Monday, nounmonth, nounmorn, nounmorning, nounMothering Sunday, nounMother's Day, nounmovable feast, nounnew moon, nounNew Year, nounNew Year's Day, nounNew Year's Eve, nounnight, nounnightfall, nounnighttime, nounnocturnal, adjectiveNoel, nounnoon, nounnoonday, adjectiveNov., November, nounOct., October, nounp.a., Pancake Day, nounPDT, penultimate, adjectiveper annum, adverbper diem, adverbperiodic, adjectivep.m., PST, public holiday, nounquarter, nounquotidian, adjectiveRemembrance Day, nounSat., Saturday, nounschoolday, nounseason, nounsecond, nounsecond hand, nounself-winding, adjectiveSeptember, nounshockproof, adjectivesilver anniversary, nounsilver jubilee, nounsilver wedding anniversary, nounsolar year, nounsolstice, nounspring, nounspringtime, nounstandard time, nounstopwatch, nounsummer, nounsummer solstice, nounsummertime, nounsummery, adjectiveSun., Sunday, nounsundown, nounsunrise, nounsunset, nounsun-up, nountercentenary, nounThanksgiving, nounthirty, numberThursday, nountime, nountime, verbtimepiece, nountimer, nountime signal, nountime warp, nountime zone, nountoday, adverbtoday, nountomorrow, adverbtomorrow, nountonight, adverbtonight, nountriennial, adjectiveTuesday, nountwilight, nounWed., Wednesday, nounweek, nounweekday, nounweekend, nounweekly, adjectiveweeknight, nounWhit, nounWhitsun, nounwinter, nounwintertime, nounwk., wristwatch, nounyear, nounyesterday, adverbyr., Yule, nounYuletide, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY Our neighbours invited us round to see in the new year (=celebrate the beginning of the year).
(=used as a greeting)
Our neighbours invited us round to see in the new year (=celebrate the beginning of the year).PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY
1 (also the New Year) the time when people celebrate the beginning of a new year: - A few weeks ago, many stock market analysts cautioned investors against extravagant expectations for the new year.
- And first thing in the New Year he will be going.
- As the wrangling has stretched into the new year, Clinton has moved up some in public esteem.
- For the new year, job growth is likely to remain sluggish.
- He is currently preparing a plan to unlock more working capital by the New Year.
- Indeed, there might be little to prevent some of the orders being cancelled when the new year commences.
- Municipalbond investors are bracing for trouble in the New Year.
- She was relieved when the New Year arrived and things returned to normal.
We’re going to spend Christmas and the New Year with my parents. The business will be closed over New Year.Happy New Year (=used as a greeting) Our neighbours invited us round to see in the new year (=celebrate the beginning of the year).2the new year the first few weeks of the year: Prices are expected to go up in the new year.