From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
news
n 1: information about recent and important events; "they
awaited news of the outcome" [syn: news, intelligence,
tidings, word]
2: information reported in a newspaper or news magazine; "the
news of my death was greatly exaggerated"
3: a program devoted to current events, often using interviews
and commentary; "we watch the 7 o'clock news every night"
[syn: news program, news show, news]
4: informal information of any kind that is not previously known
to someone; "it was news to me"
5: the quality of being sufficiently interesting to be reported
in news bulletins; "the judge conceded the newsworthiness of
the trial"; "he is no longer news in the fashion world" [syn:
newsworthiness, news]