English Dictionary
Definition newspaper in British English
newspaper
noun
What are red words?
Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.
These words are highlighted in red and are ranked using a star system.
- One-star words are commonly used
- Two-star words are even more common
- Three-star words are the most frequently used
noun
What are red words?
Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.These words are highlighted in red and are ranked using a star system.
- One-star words are commonly used
- Two-star words are even more common
- Three-star words are the most frequently used
Talking or writing about newspapers
general
paper used especially in speech for referring to a newspaper: Ted sat quietly reading the paper. ♦ the local paper
the papers used for talking about newspapers in general: The papers this morning don’t say anything about it.
the press newspapers and the people who work for them: He promised not to talk to the press about the details of the settlement. ♦ He’s had a bad press ever since he was appointed.
broadsheet a newspaper that has large pages, containing mostly serious news. Many broadsheets have now become compacts.
compact a newspaper that has small pages and that contains mostly serious news
tabloid a newspaper that has small pages, often containing a lot of photographs and news and information that is not considered to be serious
quality newspaper used for talking about a newspaper that contains serious news and articles
rag used for talking about a newspaper that you do not think is very important or serious: a tacky Sunday rag
reading a newspaper
headline a few words at the top of a newspaper report that tell you what it is about: The peace talks dominated last week’s headlines.
feature a long piece of writing in a newspaper, usually about recent news or the way people live: features about education and health
leader or editorial a piece of writing in a newspaper in which the editors give their opinions about events in the news
people who work on a newspaper
editor the person in charge of a newspaper who decides what should be included in it
journalist or reporter someone whose job is to write articles that will appear in a newspaper or magazine
columnist a journalist who writes a regular series of articles for a particular newspaper or magazine
correspondent a journalist who deals with one particular subject area: a war/foreign correspondent
hack a way of talking about a journalist that shows that you do not respect them or their work: She’s just a second-rate hack.
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
in a newspaper, or connected with a newspaper
a newspaper editor/journalist/columnist
an organization that produces a newspaper
The newspaper went bankrupt in 1983.
