Newest vs Amazon - What's the difference?
newest | amazon |
(new)
Recently made, or created.
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, title= Additional; recently discovered.
Current or later, as opposed to former.
Used to distinguish something established more recently, named after something or some place previously existing.
In original condition; pristine; not previously worn or used.
Refreshed, reinvigorated, reformed.
Young.
Of recent origin; having taken place recently.
Strange, unfamiliar or not previously known.
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, title= Recently arrived or appeared.
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, title= Inexperienced or unaccustomed at some task.
(of a period of time) Next; about to begin or recently begun.
Newly (especially in composition).
As new; from scratch.
Things that are new.
(Australia) A kind of light beer.
See news.
(Greek mythology) A member of a mythical race of female warriors inhabiting the Black Sea area.
A female warrior.
A tall, strong, or athletic woman.
A river of South America that flows through Brazil for about 4000 miles to the South Atlantic.
A region including much of this river; specifically, the region of the Amazon Rainforest, or of the Amazon River Basin.
To overwhelm or obliterate, in the context of an Internet start-up vastly outperforming its brick-and-mortar competition.
* 1998', George Anders, "Discomfort Zone: Some Big Companies Long to Embrace Web But Settle for Flirtation — They Fear Online Marketing Could Cause Sales Staffs And Distributors to Rebel — A Risk of Getting ‘'''Amazoned ’", ''The Wall Street Journal , 1998-11-04, p. A1. [http://search.proquest.com/docview/398638046]
* 1999', Andrew Wileman, "Smart cookies: Get set to '''Amazon ", ''Management Today . Aug 1999, p. 79 [http://search.proquest.com/docview/214769716]
* 1999 , Tim Smith, InternetWeek (786), "Getting Customers Totally Integrated – Cisco CIO Pete Solvik", 1999-10-25, p. 98 [http://search.proquest.com/docview/226888867]
* 1999 , "Amazon Expands", InternetWeek (789), 1999-11-15, p. 11 [http://search.proquest.com/docview/226901337]
* 2000 , Bob Tedeschi, "E-Commerce Report: Web and catalog businesses are crossing into storefront territory, creating parallel avenues of retailing", The New York Times , 2000-11-20, p. C12 [http://search.proquest.com/docview/91394028]
* 2001 , Saul Hansell, "Web Sales of Airline Tickets Are Making Hefty Advances", The New York Times , 2001-07-04, p. A1 [http://search.proquest.com/docview/91898346]
* 2001 , Steve Lohr, "Gearhead Nation: A Time Out for Technophilia", The New York Times , 2001-11-18, p. WK4 [http://search.proquest.com/docview/92105390]
* 2002 , Scott Harris, "Roots in Israel, Head in Silicon Valley", The New York Times , 2002-06-30, p. B8 [http://search.proquest.com/docview/92285195]
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As an adjective newest
is (new).As a noun amazon is
a tall, strong, athletic woman.newest
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(head)Anagrams
*new
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(wikipedia new)Adjective
(er)Where Dr Pangloss meets Machiavelli, passage=Hidden behind thickets of acronyms and gorse bushes of detail, a new great game is under way across the globe. Some call it geoeconomics, but it's geopolitics too. The current power play consists of an extraordinary range of countries simultaneously sitting down to negotiate big free trade and investment agreements.}}
The rise of smart beta, passage=Investors face a quandary. Cash offers a return of virtually zero in many developed countries; government-bond yields may have risen in recent weeks but they are still unattractive. Equities have suffered two big bear markets since 2000 and are wobbling again. It is hardly surprising that pension funds, insurers and endowments are searching for new sources of return.}}
Mr. Pratt's Patients, chapter=1 , passage='Twas early June, the new grass was flourishing everywheres, the posies in the yard—peonies and such—in full bloom, the sun was shining, and the water of the bay was blue, with light green streaks where the shoal showed.}}
Synonyms
* brand new, recent * recent * (current or later) current * brand new, brand spanking new, mint, pristine * born-again, reformed, refreshed, reinvigorated, revived * (young) young, newborn * (of recent origin) fresh * strange, unfamiliar * (recently arrived or appeared) novel, singular * brand new, green * See alsoAntonyms
* ancient, dated, old * dated, old * (current or later) former, old * (distinguishing something established more recently) old * old, used, worn * old * (young) old * (of recent origin) original, previous * familiar, old * (recently arrived or appeared) established * accustomed, experienced, expertAdverb
(en adverb)- new'''-born, '''new'''-formed, '''new'''-found, '''new -mown
- ''They are scraping the site clean to build new .
Noun
(-)- Out with the old, in with the new .
Derived terms
* anew * brand new * new- * newbie * newco * newie * newish * newling * newly * newlywed * newness * news, news- * Newspeak * renew * New Age * new broom * new chum * new-laid * new moon * new potato * New Testament * new town * new wave * New World * New Year * (New Amsterdam) * (New Australia) * New Brunswick * Newcastle * New Delhi * New England * Newfoundland * New Guinea * New Hampshire * New Holland * New Jersey * (Newmarket) * New Mexico * New Orleans * New South Wales * New York * New Zealand * what else is new * what's newStatistics
*amazon
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(wikipedia Amazon)Etymology 1
From (etyl), from (etyl), from (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)Etymology 2
From (etyl), Río Amazonas . It is common belief that the Spanish explorer Francisco de Orellana fought a battle against a tribe of Tapuya natives, in which the women fought alongside the men, and that he derived the name from the Amazons in Greek mythology.Proper noun
Derived terms
* Amazonian * Amazon milk frogEtymology 3
Chosen by Jeff Bezos in 1994 as a word beginning with 'A' which had existing connotations (see meanings listed in etymologies 1 & 2) of being exotic, different, and (as the Amazon River) the largest of its kind in the world. Ann Byers, Jeff Bezos: the founder of amazon.com ,pp. 46-7, Rosen Publishing Group, 2007, ISBN 1-4042-0717-1
Verb
(en verb)- Those who hesitate risk being "amazoned ," forfeiting business to an Internet newcomer, in the way that bookstore chains have lost ground to Amazon.com Inc., the online bookseller.
- Venture capitalists' desks are thick with business plans promising ‘we're going to Amazon the insurance/travel/property business...’
- Take the example of MetalSite.com, which is owned by steel companies. The steel companies aren't getting "Amazoned'" by a start-up but, rather, they are doing the "' Amazoning " within their own industry.
- Amazon.com may soon be "amazoning " a few more industries.
- Gone are the days when they agonized about being "Amazoned ", or blind-sided by a dot-com ....
- In other industries, established companies are pulling people and money away from their Internet operations, as their fear of being "Amazoned " by start-ups has subsided.
- Meanwhile, traditional companies would be obliterated — "Amazoned " — by Internet upstarts.
- "Everybody was afraid of getting Amazoned ," Mr. Landan said. "They didn't want to get left behind."