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

What goes up, must come down After reaching its high point in terms of morning visibility in mid-December, Venus will start a long, slow slide back toward the sun, rising about 1½ minutes later each morning from New Year's Day through late March. — Joe Rao, Space.com, 6 Nov. 2026

However, ‘Scary New Year’ is also very distinct from its predecessors. — Marta Balaga, Variety, 5 Nov. 2026

Osbourne was on hand for the most recent Ozzfest show, which took place at The Forum in Los Angeles on New Year’s Eve 2018. — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 5 Nov. 2026

Matthew O’Brien told jurors that surveillance images, cellphone location records and fire science would establish that Rinderknecht intentionally ignited brush on a Pacific Palisades hillside in the first minutes of New Year’s Day 2025. — Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 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