New Year

noun

1

: the calendar year about to start or recently started

2

a

usually New Year's : new year's day

b

: the first days of a calendar year

3

: rosh hashanah

Examples of New Year in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Panthea invites her friend Affe, Karen, Amanda, and Amanda’s friend Gena to an Iranian New Year’s event at a Persian restaurant. — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 5 Aug. 2026

There’s no mounting panic, no erotic urgency, and no persuasive reason these two characters must sleep together before sunrise in a New Year’s Eve-like framing. — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 5 Aug. 2026

One found that Airbnb created its largest economic benefits to visitors and hosts when hotels were close to full, such as New York City on New Year’s Eve. — Tim Komarek, The Conversation, 5 Aug. 2026

The brand even throws one of North Carolina’s quirkiest New Year’s Eve celebrations each year, when a three-and-a-half-foot pickle drops at the company’s pickle plant at the corner of Cucumber and Vine streets in Mount Olive to ring in the new year. — Evan Moore august 5, Charlotte Observer, 5 Aug. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for New Year

• auctioneer
• bandelier
• belvedere
• bombardier
• brigadier
• buccaneer
• cavalier
• chandelier
• chanticleer
• chevalier
• commandeer
• disappear

Kids Definition

New Year

noun

1

: new year's day

also : the first days of the year

2

: rosh hashanah