white paper
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5.6
- noun
- /ˈwaɪt ˈpeɪpər/
- Formal
:
libro blanco
- A wonderful source on this culture of innovation is the white paper "Think Like a Startup" by Brian Mathews.
- published a white paper
- issued a white paper
- government white paper
Logan Paul's white paper was a crime against humanity.
- Logan Paul's white paper was a crime against humanity.
- But what did China say in the white paper?
- And then we wrote our second white paper, Bitcoin ringing the bell for a new asset class.
- He first focuses on facilitating positive community outcomes, and then the white paper comes later.
- The framework, the AIM, is what's beautifully summarized in intentional documents such as white papers and long range planning.
- You should run creative in the form of videos and probably white papers and decks, and then you should target them against development investors.
- I would go out and create white papers on SlideShare and then run LinkedIn and Facebook ads against those white papers.
Examples
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Scope wants a white paper to be published before a bill comes before Parliament.
Academic text (2009) -
Yesterday the government lost in the Supreme Court and today we have a very welcome U-turn on a white paper in regards to Brexit.
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The government will release this white paper.
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In 2009, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology published the white paper "Living and Learning with New Media."
Academic text (2011) -
New arrangements for managing public health are set out in the white paper.
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In addition, the white paper served as background for discussion with potential allies and advocates.
Academic text (2007) -
The government was due this week to publish a white paper on improving social mobility in the UK.
Academic text (2009) -
Recognizing these facts, the government produced a white paper on energy policy in 1991 that outlined a revised strategy.
Academic text (1999) -
One month after the summit, Mali issued a white paper indicating the government's official interpretation of the Touareg situation.
Academic text (1991) -
The government was due this week to publish a white paper on improving social mobility in the UK.
Synonyms
5
6.0
A document that explains a group or person's view and gives reasons about an issue
4
2.9
A document that gives information or findings after someone studies a topic
An official government report that explains policy and plans
How Official
- Formal
11
5.6
- Formal
5
6.0
4
2.9
67
4.2
79
3.1
Surface Forms
Morphology
Although 'paper' clearly denotes a document and 'white' marks a subtype, the specialized institutional meaning 'official report' is a conventionalized usage that a B1 learner would not reliably infer from the literal color+document composition. Cross-linguistic parallels (e.g. French 'livre blanc', Spanish 'libro blanco') may help some learners, but the sense is a lexicalized, domain-specific extension rather than fully predictable.
Etymology
The noun white paper comes from old government reports printed on plain white paper so people could see they were official. That's why today a white paper means 'an official report that explains a plan or gives detailed information'.