{
  "id": "latest.new",
  "term": "latest",
  "sense": "new",
  "pos": "adjective",
  "status": "review",
  "level": 5,
  "arena": "",
  "domain": "lexical",
  "style": null,
  "definition": "the most new",
  "folk_gloss": null,
  "emergence": {
    "components": [
      "new.recent",
      "time.dimension"
    ],
    "interaction": "new and time together produce the most new state",
    "novel_properties": [
      "greatest newness",
      "most recent point"
    ]
  },
  "examples": [
    {
      "text": "The James Webb Space Telescope transmitted its first science images in July 2022, labeled the 'latest' by NASA.",
      "domain": "astronomy"
    },
    {
      "text": "Android 14, released September 2023, was the latest mobile operating system version certified by Google.",
      "domain": "computing"
    },
    {
      "text": "The 2024 revision of the International Building Code was adopted as the latest standard in New York City.",
      "domain": "engineering"
    }
  ],
  "relations": [
    {
      "id": "new.recent",
      "type": "is-a",
      "note": ""
    },
    {
      "id": "previous.temporal",
      "type": "contrasts-with",
      "note": ""
    }
  ],
  "used_by": [],
  "forms": [
    "latest"
  ],
  "closed": true,
  "provenance": {
    "author": "openrouter:openai/gpt-oss-120b",
    "date": "2026-07-29",
    "confidence": 0.6
  },
  "canonical": "https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-latest.new"
}