newer
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Definition of newer
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
adj
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(comparative, form-of)comparative form of new: more new, more recent.
“After we stayed through that lease, I had her move to a good, safe area in a newer suburb of Taipei, in the Nei Hu district, where I negotiated her rent down to US$500 a month.”
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Etymology
From Middle English newer, newere, from Old English nīwra, from Proto-Germanic *niwizô (“newer”), comparative of Proto-Germanic *niwjaz (“new”), equivalent to new + -er. Cognate with West Frisian nijere (“newer”), Dutch nieuwere (“newer”), German neuer (“newer”), Danish nyere (“newer”), Swedish nyare (“newer”), Icelandic nýrri (“newer”).
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