New Year noun
1 or chiefly US New Year's [noncount] : the first day of the year celebrated as a holiday ; especially : new year's day
▪ Happy New Year! ▪ (chiefly US) a New Year's party = (Brit) a New Year party ▪ (US) the week between Christmas and New Year's = (Brit) the week between Christmas and New Year 2 or new year [singular] : the year that is about to start or that has just started — usually used with the ▪ They will welcome/greet the New Year with festivities. ▪ It's sure to be the best film of the new year. ▪ We stayed up past midnight on New Year's Eve to see the new year in. [=to see the beginning of the new year] ▪ the Chinese New Year [=the new year according to the Chinese calendar] ▪ the Jewish New Year [=Rosh Hashanah]
▪ Happy New Year! ▪ (chiefly US) a New Year's party = (Brit) a New Year party ▪ (US) the week between Christmas and New Year's = (Brit) the week between Christmas and New Year
