newspaper
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
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Audio (US): (file) Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: news‧pa‧per
Noun
newspaper (countable and uncountable, plural newspapers)
- (countable) A publication, usually published daily or weekly and usually printed on cheap, low-quality paper, containing news and other articles.
- 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 18, in The China Governess[1]:
- ‘Then the father has a great fight with his terrible conscience,’ said Munday with granite seriousness. ‘Should he make a row with the police […]? Or should he say nothing about it and condone brutality for fear of appearing in the newspapers?
- (uncountable, countable) A quantity of or one of the types of paper on which newspapers are printed.
Synonyms
- (publication): daily (for a daily newspaper), paper, rag (derogatory)
- (paper on which newspapers are printed): newsprint
Derived terms
Translations
publication
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paper on which newspapers are printed
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- Yiddish: (please verify) בלאַט n (blat)
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Verb
newspaper (third-person singular simple present newspapers, present participle newspapering, simple past and past participle newspapered)
- (transitive) To cover with newspaper.
- She newspapered one end of the room before painting the bookcase.
- (intransitive, transitive) To engage in the business of journalism (usually used only in the gerund, newspapering)
- He newspapered his way through the South on the sports beat, avoiding dry towms.
- (transitive, obsolete) to harass in newspaper articles.
- He was newspapered out of public life.
Usage notes
- The harass sense is usually in passive constructions.
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