New Year

New Year
.New 'Year
new year n [U]
1.) also the New Year
the time when people celebrate the beginning of a new year
We're going to spend Christmas and the New Year with my parents.
The business will be closed over New Year.
Happy New Year
(=used as a greeting)
Our neighbours invited us round to see in the new year (=celebrate the beginning of the year) .
2.) the new year
the first few weeks of the year
Prices are expected to go up in the new year.

Dictionary of contemporary English. 2013.

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