newspaper column
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- noun
- /ˈnjuːzˌpeɪpər ˈkɒləm/
- Literature
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columna de periódico
- Crystal Dixon, the administrator, challenged her firing, which came after she wrote a newspaper column.
- a weekly newspaper column
- write a newspaper column
Examples
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I read this newspaper column about 12 years ago about much the same thing.
Blog text (6) -
I produce a TV show and write a weekly newspaper column on Native issues.
Academic text (1995) -
It's much more than what can fit in a short newspaper column.
Blog text (6) -
I write a newspaper column under the name of Jane Doe.
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So I stuck myself with an obligation to repeat a weekly newspaper column.
Academic text (1991) -
Whenever I can, I sneak poems into my newspaper column.
Academic text (2009) -
David Suzuki has a regular newspaper column in the Georgia Straight.
Blog text (19) -
One of my contributions to this goal was a weekly newspaper column in The Brookings Register.
Academic text (2011) -
In his newspaper column, Northrup regularly reports on his involvement with veterans' events.
Academic text (2007) -
Barry is well known for his long-running newspaper column about all things wacky and wonderful in Miami.
Synonyms
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1.0
A piece of writing in a newspaper or on a website
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A regular newspaper article where a writer gives opinions
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4.7
An article in a newspaper or magazine that gives one person's opinion
How Opinionated
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly and compositionally derived from 'newspaper' (a periodical) + 'column' (a recurring article expressing a writer's viewpoint), so a learner who knows both words can infer it. This noun+noun compound follows a common cross-linguistic pattern and is therefore immediately comprehensible to a B1 learner.
Etymology
Newspaper column may come from the long, narrow columns of text in old newspapers, where a writer had the same small space on the page every week. That's why a newspaper column means a writer's regular article where they share their 'opinion' or 'comment'.