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. See newsprint
   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

Explicit or coded racial justifications for the measure were rare, but not unheard of, based on archived newspaper clippings.

From Voice of San Diego

References to race – explicit or coded – were rare, but not unheard of, during the run-up to the city’s decision, according to newspaper coverage at the time.

From Voice of San Diego

Hong worked at the UN Development Program and then as a journalist for the People’s Daily, the largest newspaper in China, which is owned by the government.

From MIT Technology Review

Santa Cruz also still has its newspaper, the Santa Cruz Sentinel, that it will be up against.

From Digiday

No, instead, the newspaper has now written, as fact, and not corrected, that it itself, as a newspaper, endorses candidates.

From Voice of San Diego

And then the Vatican newspaper: “Pope performs miracle allowing Fidel to walk on water.”

From The Daily Beast

It was an attempt to combat a growing chill on free speech in Turkey while placing his newspaper at the center of the debate.

From The Daily Beast

The IFC ended this ban last week and released a plan that the editorial board of the school newspaper has given a mixed review.

From The Daily Beast

Despite an impressive celebrity guest-list and the extraordinary garments on show, the event failed to make newspaper front pages.

From The Daily Beast

The increasingly vicious debate has since migrated into newspaper columns and TV.

From The Daily Beast

First of all, wrap a portion of damp newspaper round the roots, and then tie up with dry paper.

From Project Gutenberg

It has come to this—that I open my newspaper every morning with a sinking heart, and usually I find little to console me.

From Project Gutenberg

Lawrence and Dan were passing a newspaper office, before which a large crowd had gathered, reading the war bulletins.

From Project Gutenberg

It has been found, within the current year, impossible to read even a newspaper!

From Project Gutenberg

Thomas Barnes, principal editor of the Times newspaper, died in London, aged 56.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

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