New English

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Proper noun

1. The form of the English language spoken since the Great Vowel Shift in England, completed in roughly 1550.

Synonyms

• Modern English

Related terms

• Early Modern English
• Early New English
• English
• Middle English
• Old English
• Anglo-Saxon

Translations

• German: Neuenglisch, modernes Englisch; (adjective) neuenglisch
• Spanish: inglés moderno

Noun

New English (plural New Englishes)

1. A variety of English that has come into being in a region where English was a former colonial language or is a foreign language.

Synonyms

• World English

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