newspapernoun
uk/ˈnjuːzˌpeɪ.pər/us/ˈnuːzˌpeɪ.pɚ/A1 [ C ] a regularly printed document consisting of large sheets of paper that are folded together, or a website, containing news reports, articles, photographs, and advertisements:
Do you read a newspaper regularly?
a daily/Sunday newspaper
[ C ] an organization that publishes a newspaper:
He wants to work for a newspaper when he graduates.
A2 [ U ] old newspapers:
You'd better wrap that mirror up in newspaper before you put it in the car.
More examples
- A friend recently sent me a newspaper clipping about someone we were at school with.
- There's a good arts coverage in the newspaper, but not much political commentary.
- He was so enraged at the article about him that he sued the newspaper.
- The supermarket has installed recycling bins for old newspapers, bottles and cans.
- I read the fashion pages in the newspapers to keep up with the latest styles.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Newspapers & magazines
- back copy
- broadsheet
- brochure
- colour supplement
- comic
- daily paper
- editorial
- journal
- lad mag
- magazine
- manga
- organ
- reader
- Sunday paper
- supermarket tabloid
- tabloid
- trade
- tribune
- weekly
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