The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
newspaper — UK US /ˈnjuːsˌpeɪpər/ US /ˈnuːzˌpeɪpər/ noun [C] COMMUNICATIONS ► a document consisting of news reports, articles, and photographs that is published every day or every week: in a newspaper »They took out a full page ad in the newspaper. a… … Financial and business terms
newspaper — (n.) 1660s, though the thing itself is older (see GAZETTE (Cf. gazette)); from NEWS (Cf. news) (n.) + PAPER (Cf. paper) (n.). [T]he newspaper that drops on your doorstep is a partial, hasty, incomplete, inevitably somewhat flawed and inaccurate… … Etymology dictionary
newspaper — index organ Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
newspaper — *journal, periodical, magazine, review, organ … New Dictionary of Synonyms
newspaper — [n] regular, continuous publication containing information biweekly, bulldog*, community, daily, extra, gazette, journal, magazine, metropolitan, organ, paper, periodical, press, rag*, record, review, scandal sheet*, sheet, tabloid, trade,… … New thesaurus
newspaper — ► NOUN ▪ a daily or weekly publication consisting of folded unstapled sheets and containing news, articles, and advertisements … English terms dictionary
newspaper — [no͞oz′pā΄pər, nyo͞oz′pā΄pər; no͞os′pā΄pər, nyo͞os′pā΄pər] n. 1. a publication regularly printed and distributed, usually daily or weekly, containing news, opinions, advertisements, and other items of general interest 2. NEWSPRINT … English World dictionary
Newspaper — Front page of The New York Times on Armistice Day, November 11, 1918 … Wikipedia
newspaper */*/*/ — UK [ˈnjuːzˌpeɪpə(r)] / US [ˈnuzˌpeɪpər] noun Word forms newspaper : singular newspaper plural newspapers Talking or writing about newspapers: general paper used especially in speech for referring to a newspaper: Ted sat quietly reading the paper … English dictionary
newspaper — news|pa|per W2S2 [ˈnju:sˌpeıpə US ˈnu:zˌpeıpər] n 1.) a set of large folded sheets of printed paper containing news, articles, pictures, advertisements etc which is sold daily or weekly = ↑paper ▪ She had read about it in the newspapers . ▪ I saw … Dictionary of contemporary English
