knew vs new
new
Definitions
adjective
- in use after medieval times
- used of a living language; being the current stage in its development
Examples
When the new foods that came from the Americas - peppers, summer squash and especially tomatoes - took hold in the region, a number of closely related dishes were born, including what we call ratatouille - and a man from La Mancha calls pisto, an Ikarian Greek calls soufiko and a Turk calls turlu.
That's as it should be, as the newspaper has a global audience but not global printing presses.
I badly wanted the job, but knew that my age would probably tell against me.
