newspaper

newspaper
news|pa|per [ `nuz,peıpər ] noun ***
1. ) count a set of large printed sheets of folded paper containing news, articles, and other information, usually published every day. There are two main types of newspaper, the quality or broadsheet newspapers that generally deal with serious news issues, and the tabloid newspapers that deal more with subjects such as sport, television actors, and shocking crime stories. A newspaper is usually simply called a paper:
a daily/weekly newspaper
Katy was sitting alone reading the newspaper.
a local/national/regional newspaper
a ) uncount sheets of paper from a newspaper:
He presented her with a bunch of flowers wrapped in damp newspaper.
b ) only before noun in a newspaper or connected with a newspaper:
a newspaper article/report/headline
a newspaper editor/journalist/columnist
2. ) count an organization that produces a newspaper:
He wrote to the local newspaper.
The newspaper went bankrupt in 1983.
the newspapers
the various newspapers that are published in a particular country or area: THE PAPERS, THE PRESS:
You shouldn't believe everything you read in the newspapers.

Usage of the words and phrases in modern English. 2013.

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