newspaper

[ nooz-pey-per, nyooz-, noos-, nyoos- ]

noun

1. a printed publication issued at regular and usually close intervals, especially daily or weekly, and commonly containing news, news, comment, features, and advertising:

   When we were kids here, there was only one daily newspaper, and it covered the news for four counties.

2. a business organization publishing such a publication:

   Which newspaper did your aunt work for?

3. a single issue or copy of such a publication:

   Grab one of those free newspapers on the way out.

4. an online version of a newspaper:

   I’ve been reading several upstate newspapers on my laptop lately, and I’m wondering how many of them still have print editions.

5. newsprint.

newspaper

/ ˈnjuːzˌpeɪpə /

noun

1. 1. a weekly or daily publication consisting of folded sheets and containing articles on the news, features, reviews, and advertisements Often shortened topaper
   2. ( as modifier )

      a newspaper article

2. a less common name for newsprint

Other Words From

• news·pa·per·dom noun
• news·pa·per·ish adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of newspaper¹

First recorded in 1660–70; news + paper

Example Sentences

"Under President William Ruto, things got even worse because important elements of the church were seemingly co-opted into the feeding trough," veteran journalist and columnist Macharia Gaitho wrote in Kenya's Daily Nation newspaper this week, suggesting "churches were bribed into silence".

From BBC

But his choice to do so demonstrates how malleable this country’s conception of justice really is: If a defendant is famous and powerful enough, elite lawyers will write in to the newspaper of record to cravenly argue that, as a matter of constitutional law, famous and powerful people actually shouldn’t be subject to the legal system at all.

From Slate

The lawsuits against Daoud and his wife were made public in Algeria on Wednesday by lawyer Fatima Benbraham, a woman described by Le Monde newspaper as a “fervent supporter of the regime”.

From BBC

Newspaper accounts from the late 1800s and early 1900s describe manatee sightings in warm water refuges like yacht basins and canals harbors, and later in areas near power plants.

From Science Daily

For Weiss, then an editor at the student newspaper, that was writing.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• community
• daily
• journal
• magazine
• paper
• periodical
• press
• tabloid
• weekly