New Year

New Year
1) N-UNCOUNT: also the N New Year or the New Year is the time when people celebrate the start of a year.

Happy New Year, everyone...

The restaurant was closed over the New Year...

He returned home each year to celebrate Christmas and New Year with his family.

2) N-SING: the N The New Year is the first few weeks of a year.

Isabel was expecting their baby in the New Year...

The oil shortages could lead the government to raise prices before the New Year.


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