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newspaper
has definitions from the fields of writing,news,business,printing
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[ noun ] (writing,news) a daily or weekly publication on folded sheets; contains news and articles and advertisements
Synonyms Examples "he read his newspaper at breakfast" Used in print (Chicago Daily Tribune...)A_couple_of days later a balletomane told me he had telephoned Allied_Arts for ticket information and was told `` the newspapers had made a mistake '' . (Edward E. Kelly, S.J., "Christian Unity in England"...)According_to a newspaper report of the 1961 statistics of the Church_of_England , the `` total of confirmed members is 9748000 , but only 2887671 are registered on the parochial church_rolls '' , and `` over 27 million people in England are baptized into the Church_of_England , but roughly only a tenth of them continue '' . (Tristram P. Coffin, "Folklore in the American Twentieth...)After_all , the average American as he lies and waits for the enemy in Korea or as she scans the newspaper in some vain hope of personal contact with the front is unconcerned that his or her plight is the result of a complex of personal , economic and governmental actions far beyond the normal citizen 's comprehension and control . (Howard Nemerov, "Themes and Methods: The Early...)There is no_more `` plot '' than that ; only slightly more , perhaps , than a newspaper account of such an incident would give . (John Michael Ray, "Rhode Island's Reactions...)During the month of November hardly_a day passed when there was not some mention of John_Brown in the Rhode_Island newspapers . |
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[ noun ] (writing,business) a business firm that publishes newspapers
Synonyms Examples "Murdoch owns many newspapers" Used in print (Edward E. Kelly, S.J., "Christian Unity in England"...)A Birmingham newspaper printed in a column for children an article entitled `` The True Story of Guy_Fawkes '' , which began : The general tone of articles appearing in such important newspapers as the Manchester_Guardian and the Sunday_Observer implies a kindly recognition that the Catholic_Church is now at_least of equal stature in England with the Protestant churches . (Edwin L. Bigelow and Nancy H. Otis,...)New_Yorkers were kept informed of scores by reporters who telegraphed fifteen to twenty thousand words daily to the metropolitan newspapers . (John Michael Ray, "Rhode Island's Reactions...)During the Brown trial , however , the state 's most powerful Democratic newspaper , the Providence_Daily_Post , stated that Brown was a murderer , a man of blood , and that he and his associates , with the assistance of Republicans and Abolitionists , had plotted not_only the liberation of the slaves but also the overthrow of state and federal_governments . The two major newspapers in Providence continued , throughout the crisis , to accuse each other of misrepresenting the facts and attempting to falsify history . Related terms |
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