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

Mr Suryavanshi, a farmer from Bihar who had migrated to Mumbai for employment, worked as a bouncer in a nightclub and at a public toilet, he told Indian Express newspaper.

From BBC

Israel’s Haaretz newspaper cited Emirati security sources as saying over the weekend that a suspected cell “indirectly operated by Iran” was responsible.

From BBC

According Spanish newspaper Marca, external, the Brazil international could be sidelined for around three weeks but Madrid are not commenting on the severity of the injury.

From BBC

Nevertheless, at 18 she became the newspaper's Woman's Page editor.

From BBC

She left school at 15 to work as a typist and copytaker on the Yorkshire Evening Post, and got her first stories into the newspaper’s pages by surreptitiously slipping them into the sub-editor’s tray.

From BBC

Related Words

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