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Definition of new year noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

new year

noun
 
/ˌnjuː ˈjɪə(r)/,
 
/ˌnjuː ˈjɜː(r)/
 
/ˌnuː ˈjɪr/
(also New Year)
[uncountable, singular]Idioms
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  1. the beginning of the year
    • Happy New Year!
    • We're going to Germany for Christmas and New Year.
    • I'll see you in the new year.
    see also Chinese New Year, Lunar New Year, resolutionTopics Religion and festivalsa1
Idioms
see in the New Year | see the New Year in
  1. to stay up until midnight on 31 December to celebrate the start of the new year
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