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Noun news has 5 senses

news, intelligence, tidings, word - new information about specific and timely events; "they awaited news of the outcome"
--₁ is a kind of information, info
--₁ has particulars: good word; update
news - new information of any kind; "it was news to me"
--₂ is a kind of information, info
news program, news show, news - a program devoted to news; "we watch the 7 o'clock news every night"
--₃ is a kind of broadcast, program, programme
news - information reported in a newspaper or news magazine; "the news of my death was greatly exaggerated"
--₄ is a kind of information, info
--₄ has particulars:
business news; report, news report, story, account, write up; newscast; coverage, reporting, reportage; hard news; soft news; stop press
newsworthiness, news - the quality of being sufficiently interesting to be reported in news bulletins; "the judge conceded the newsworthiness of the trial"; "he is no longer news in the fashion world"
--₅ is a kind of interest, interestingness