Meaning & use
newest addition
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Meanings
nounsingular
The person or thing that has most recently joined a group, collection or range.
Grammar: Takes a singular verb and the: the newest addition is a puppy.
Patterns
- the newest addition to something
- the newest addition to the family
Meet the newest addition to our team, Priya.
The museum's newest addition is a huge blue whale skeleton.
Their newest addition, a baby girl, arrived last week.
nounsingularbusiness
The most recent product added to a company's line of goods or services.
Grammar: Used with the: the newest addition to the range.
Patterns
- the newest addition to the range
- the newest addition to the lineup
The phone is the newest addition to the company's lineup.
This flavor is the newest addition to our menu.
The new bus route is the newest addition to the city's transit network.
Common combinations
- the newest addition to the family
- The newest addition to the family is a golden retriever.
- the newest addition to the team
- Our newest addition to the team starts on Monday.
- welcome the newest addition
- We want to welcome the newest addition to our staff.
- the newest addition to the collection
- The painting is the newest addition to the collection.
- proud of the newest addition
- The chef is proud of the newest addition to the menu.
Synonyms and how they differ
- latest addition
- Latest addition means the same, but it can imply the item may be followed by others soon.
- newcomer
- Newcomer refers only to a person who has just arrived, while newest addition can also be an object or product.
- recruit
- A recruit is a person brought into an organization, and the word sounds more formal or military than newest addition.
Opposites
Word family
- add verb
- to put something with something else
- addition noun
- a thing that is added
- additional adjective
- extra
- additionally adverb
- also, as well
Commonly confused: newest addition or edition?
newest addition vs edition
An edition is a version of a book, newspaper or program, not something added to a group; the two words sound different too.
Practice
The zoo introduced a baby giraffe as the ___ to its animal family.
Choose one answer.
Newest addition means the most recent one added to a group. Edition is a spelling and meaning confusion, and it refers to a version of a publication.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “newest addition”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.