gazette

American  

[guh-zet] / gəˈzɛt /

noun

1. a newspaper (now used chiefly in the names of newspapers).

   The Phoenix Gazette.

2. Chiefly British. an official government journal containing lists of government appointments and promotions, bankruptcies, etc.

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verb (used with object)

gazettes, present (3rd person singular) gazetted, past participle, past gazetting present participle

1. Chiefly British. to publish, announce, or list in an official government journal.

gazette British  

/ ɡəˈzɛt /

noun

1. 1. a newspaper or official journal

   2. ( capital when part of the name of a newspaper )

      the Thame Gazette

2.  gaz.  an official document containing public notices, appointments, etc

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verb

1. (tr) to announce or report (facts or an event) in a gazette

Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• ungazetted
  adjective

Inflected Forms

Participles

• gazetting
  present
• gazetted
  past

Conjugated Forms

Present

• gazette
  simple
• gazettes
  simple
• have gazetted
  perfect
• has gazetted
  perfect
• am gazetting
  progressive
• are gazetting
  progressive
• is gazetting
  progressive
• have been gazetting
  perfect progressive
• has been gazetting
  perfect progressive

Past

• gazetted
  simple
• had gazetted
  perfect
• was gazetting
  progressive
• were gazetting
  progressive
• had been gazetting
  perfect progressive

Future

• will gazette
  simple
• will have gazetted
  perfect
• will be gazetting
  progressive
• will have been gazetting
  perfect progressive

Etymology

Origin of gazette

1595–1605; < French < Italian gazzetta < Venetian gazeta, originally a coin (the price of the paper), diminutive of gaza magpie

Explanation

A newspaper or journal can be called a gazette. In fact, many English-language newspapers from coast-to-coast include the name gazette in their title, from The Daily Hampshire Gazette in Massachusetts to the Mariposa Gazette in California. The noun gazette comes from the Italian word gazzetta. In the 1600s, there was a Venetian news sheet that became known as a gazeta because it cost a gazeta, a small-valued Venetian coin. Other experts suggest that the word comes from gazza, a kind of bird — specifically a chattering magpie — that would spread news. A related word is gazetteer, which is a dictionary of geographical names.

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

gazette gazettes gazetted gazetting

The measure was formalized by a decree after publication in the gazette.

From Barron's ● Feb. 23, 2026

The election will take place on 14 November, almost a year ahead of schedule, according to a notification in the official government gazette.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2024

It will go into effect once it is published in the country’s official gazette, usually a swift formality.

From New York Times ● Jan. 23, 2024

Interior Minister Kithure Kindiki made the announcement Monday via a gazette notice posted on the social network X, formerly known as Twitter, following a cabinet meeting held last week and chaired by President William Ruto.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 7, 2023

If Ryan found it, he’d scratch out the give-away names and scan it for use in an upcoming gazette.

From "Thirteen Reasons Why" by Jay Asher

“Sifts through scores of queer gazettes, posters, newspapers and oral histories that documented public spaces around the country, from the leather bars of San Francisco to the drag cabarets of Kansas City.”

From New York Times ● Jan. 11, 2024

Secretary of State Timothy Pickering sent that letter out to all the newspapers and gazettes that had printed the fakes, and publishers updated the official collection of Washington’s papers.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 10, 2017

There are millions of pages of gazettes and daily journals and moral weeklies to fill.

From The New Yorker ● Oct. 6, 2014

The main setting is Heer, a fictional Punjabi town in Pakistan, in a horse-breeding region whose "fake history" he filleted from imperial gazettes.

From The Guardian ● Jan. 26, 2013

White families packed up and flocked to South Carolina for opportunities, from as far as New York according to the gazettes.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead

According to the Supreme Court order, a person must draft the will, sign it in the presence of two witnesses, and have it attested by a notary or gazetted officer.

From BBC ● Feb. 2, 2025

"Perera's name has been sent to the Elections Commission to be gazetted as the new member of parliament," Kariyawasam told Reuters.

From Reuters ● Jun. 10, 2022

Others managed to avoid eviction until 1991 when Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni with support from the World Bank, officially gazetted the land into a series of national parks.

From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2016

Dictator Stalin's veteran favorite, Lazar Kaganovich, big-nosed and brutally effective in driving Soviet bureaucrats to greater Five-Year Plan zeal was last week gazetted a Vice Premier.

From Time Magazine Archive

When the 100th regiment was raised in Canada, he enrolled a very large number of men, and was gazetted its major.

From March to Magdala by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)

Now, with the D. S. O. a mere matter of gazetting, it was established beyond dispute.

From The Red Planet by Locke, William John

According to all rule and precedent, every officer gazetted to the corps after that would hold rank—that is, local rank—according to the date of his gazetting into the corps.

From March to Magdala by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)

The Duke of Wellington had to talk over the King about giving a lodge in Bushey Park to one of the FitzClarences for his life, and about gazetting the Queen's household.

From A Political Diary 1828-1830, Volume II by Ellenborough, Edward Law, Earl of

The gazetting of Mr. Meredith served only to increase this half-stifled anger, and on the very evening his appointment was announced in the “Pennsylvania Ledger,” the commissary recurred to his proposal.

From Janice Meredith by Ford, Paul Leicester

Related Words

• periodical