New Year

Definitions

1. A period covering the first few days of a calendar year.
2. The next year; the year following the current year, especially the early part of it.
   uncountable
3. In particular, January 1 in the Julian and Gregorian calendar (New Year’s Day) and the days following.

Equivalents

Examples

“We never go away at the New Year because on New Year’s Day the whole family gets together.”

“We hoped that things would be better in the new year.”

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