a fashion in women's clothes introduced in 1947, characterized by long full skirts
the New Man
a type of modern man who allows the caring side of his nature to show by being supportive and by sharing child care and housework
the New Wave
a movement in the French cinema of the 1960s, led by such directors as Godard , Truffaut , and Resnais , characterized by a fluid use of the camera and an abandonment of traditional editing techniques
the new black
If you say that a particular colour is the new black , you mean that it has become fashionable .
the New World
the Americas ; the western hemisphere
...is the new...
said to mean that something has become the new fashion or has replaced something else. People are creative with this expression : ' brown is the new black /fish is the new meat , etc.'
new to the game
having no previous experience of an activity that you are taking part in
the New Jerusalem
the de facto capital of Israel ( recognition of this has been withheld by the United Nations), situated in the Judaean hills : became capital of the Hebrew kingdom after its capture by David around 1000 bc ; destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon in 586 bc ; taken by the Romans in 63 bc ; devastated in 70 ad and 135 ad during the Jewish rebellions against Rome ; fell to the Arabs in 637 and to the Seljuk Turks in 1071; ruled by Crusaders from 1099 to 1187 and by the Egyptians and Turks until conquered by the British (1917); centre of the British mandate of Palestine from 1920 to 1948, when the Arabs took the old city and the Jews held the new city; unified after the Six Day War (1967) under the Israelis ; the holy city of Jews, Christians, and Muslims . Pop: 839 077 (2015 est)
the new-style calendar
the revision of the Julian calendar introduced in 1582 by Pope Gregory XIII and still in force, whereby the ordinary year is made to consist of 365 days and a leap year occurs in every year whose number is divisible by four, except those centenary years, such as 1900, whose numbers are not divisible by 400