brand-new

American

[bran-noo, -nyoo, brand-] / ˈbrænˈnu, -ˈnyu, ˈbrænd- /

adjective

entirely new.

brand-new British

adjective

absolutely new

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Other Word Forms

brand-newness noun

Etymology

Origin of brand-new

First recorded in 1560–70

Example Sentences

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Americans have a brand-new weight-loss option, and it’s a GLP-1 pill developed by Eli Lilly.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 1, 2026

"It's a brand-new kind of cognitive load," said Ben Wigler, co-founder of the start-up LoveMind AI.

From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026

"I didn't know how much I liked a crowd until this summer, and then we all met a brand-new version of me," she said.

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026

Longtime Pacific Palisades residents Laura and Tim Schneider purchased the paper and intend to relaunch it with a brand-new website on May 4, coinciding with the publication’s 98th anniversary.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 7, 2026

The grand prize was a brand-new super- deluxe game system.

From "Trouble at the Arcade (The Hardy Boys: Secret Files, #1)" by Franklin W. Dixon

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