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newspaper

newspaper

629 1.0
A company that makes and sends out a printed paper
  • noun
  • /ˈnjuːzˌpeɪpər/
  • Literature
translation icon : periódico
  • She works as an editor at a local newspaper that covers city events.
  • publish newspapers
  • a newspaper editor
  • a local newspaper

We've been to the newspapers, they won't touch it.

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Examples

  • I own the largest conglomerate of newspaper and satellite television companies in the world.

  • I jotted down a few notes and queried our newspaper editor the next day.

    Academic text (2008)
  • You work in the biggest newspaper in the world.

  • A newspaper is paying for all this.

  • I'd actually written in a newspaper about it.

  • Look at all these newspapers and this mail.

  • What's the newspaper business ever done for me?

  • There were very few national newspapers, most state or county newspapers.

  • Everything that I could not publish in my newspaper, I wrote on my blog.

    Academic text (2008)
  • The student newspaper was cut from the school budget like a million years ago, so last year I volunteered to put a new one online.

Synonyms

paper
vsnewspaper
1.0

A newspaper that contains news and articles

is the organization that publishes and distributes those publications
news organization
vsnewspaper
  • Literature
69 2.7

A company or group that finds and shares reports about events with the public

focuses specifically on publishing and distributing newspapers rather than wider outlets
publishing company
vsnewspaper
16 2.6

A business that makes books, magazines, or newspapers and sells them

limits its work to publishing and distributing newspapers rather than many types
newspaper publisher
vsnewspaper
  • Literature
3 3.6

A person or company that makes and gives out newspapers

is an organization doing the publishing and distribution role rather than an individual owner

Compounds

newspaper article
  • Literature
22 1.0

A report in a newspaper about recent events

A paper made by students that reports school news and events

newspaper editor
  • Literature
12 3.2

A person who chooses stories and manages a newspaper

A small piece cut from a newspaper that people keep to remember something

9 1.0

A short message printed in a newspaper that tells people about things for sale or jobs

newspaper headline
  • Literature
6 2.0

The title at the top of a newspaper article in large print

newspaper columnist
  • Literature
5 3.4

A journalist who regularly writes opinion articles for a newspaper

newspaper column
  • Literature
5 2.8

An article in a newspaper that a writer writes regularly to share opinions

newspaper publisher
  • Literature
3 3.6

A person or company that makes and gives out newspapers

A printed message in a newspaper that tells people about jobs or things for sale

newspaper critic
  • Literature
1 3.3

A person who writes reviews of films, plays, or books for a newspaper

How Large

newspaper
  • Literature
629 1.0
newspaper publisher
  • Literature
3 3.6

Surface Forms

newspaper singular
newspapers plural

Morphology

newspaper = news + paper (semi-transparent) = news + paper

Extension by metonymy from the publication to the organization that produces it; the compound structure is clear but the institutional reading is a pragmatic shift.

Etymology

Newspaper is the same news + paper idea, and it can also mean the company that prints and sells that paper and the stories inside it.