Definitions for newspaper
ˈnuzˌpeɪ pər, ˈnyuz-, ˈnus-, ˈnyus-news·pa·per

Princeton's WordNet(4.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. newspaper, paper(noun)

   a daily or weekly publication on folded sheets; contains news and articles and advertisements

   "he read his newspaper at breakfast"

2. newspaper, paper, newspaper publisher(noun)

   a business firm that publishes newspapers

   "Murdoch owns many newspapers"

3. newspaper, paper(noun)

   the physical object that is the product of a newspaper publisher

   "when it began to rain he covered his head with a newspaper"

4. newspaper, newsprint(noun)

   cheap paper made from wood pulp and used for printing newspapers

   "they used bales of newspaper every day"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. newspaper(Noun)

   A publication, usually published daily or weekly and usually printed on cheap, low-quality paper, containing news and other articles.

2. newspaper(Noun)

   A quantity of or one of the types of paper on which newspapers are printed.

3. newspaper(Verb)

   To cover with newspaper.

   She newspapered one end of the room before painting the bookcase.

4. newspaper(Verb)

   To engage in the business of journalism (usually used only in the gerund, newspapering)

   He newspapered his way through the South on the sports beat, avoiding dry towms.

5. newspaper(Verb)

   to harrass in newspaper articles.

   He was newspapered out of public life.

Wikipedia(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Newspaper

   A newspaper is a periodical publication containing written information about current events and is often typed in black ink with a white or gray background. Newspapers can cover a wide variety of fields such as politics, business, sports and art, and often include materials such as opinion columns, weather forecasts, reviews of local services, obituaries, birth notices, crosswords, editorial cartoons, comic strips, and advice columns. Most newspapers are businesses, and they pay their expenses with a mixture of subscription revenue, newsstand sales, and advertising revenue. The journalism organizations that publish newspapers are themselves often metonymically called newspapers. Newspapers have traditionally been published in print (usually on cheap, low-grade paper called newsprint). However, today most newspapers are also published on websites as online newspapers, and some have even abandoned their print versions entirely. Newspapers developed in the 17th century, as information sheets for businessmen. By the early 19th century, many cities in Europe, as well as North and South America, published newspapers. Some newspapers with high editorial independence, high journalism quality, and large circulation are viewed as newspapers of record.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Newspaper(noun)

   a sheet of paper printed and distributed, at stated intervals, for conveying intelligence of passing events, advocating opinions, etc.; a public print that circulates news, advertisements, proceedings of legislative bodies, public announcements, etc

Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Newspaper

   A newspaper is a periodical publication containing news regarding current events, informative articles, diverse features, editorials, and advertising. It usually is printed on relatively inexpensive, low-grade paper such as newsprint. By 2007, there were 6,580 daily newspapers in the world selling 395 million copies a day. The late 2000s-early 2010s global recession, combined with the rapid growth of web-based alternatives, caused a serious decline in advertising and circulation, as many papers closed or sharply retrenched operations. General-interest newspapers typically publish stories on local and national political events and personalities, crime, business, entertainment, society and sports. Most traditional papers also feature an editorial page containing editorials written by an editor and columns that express the personal opinions of writers. The newspaper is typically funded by paid subscriptions and advertising. A wide variety of material has been published in newspapers, including editorial opinions, criticism, persuasion and op-eds; obituaries; entertainment features such as crosswords, sudoku and horoscopes; weather news and forecasts; advice, food and other columns; reviews of radio, movies, television, plays and restaurants; classified ads; display ads, radio and television listings, inserts from local merchants, editorial cartoons, gag cartoons and comic strips.

Editors Contribution(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. newspaper

   A type of regular local, regional or national publication containing news, information, facts, data, advertising, articles, features, editorial, public opinion, public events, expert facts, evidence and opinion relevant to the news headline and other vital information members of the public or readers need to be aware of available in a paper form, app, online, news feed, on social media or a website.

   Newspapers have a presence on paper, online and through various other forms of technology.

   Submitted by MaryC on July 16, 2016  

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'newspaper' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2083

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'newspaper' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2426

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'newspaper' in Nouns Frequency: #557

How to pronounce newspaper?

1. 

   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

How to say newspaper in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of newspaper in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of newspaper in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of newspaper in a Sentence

1. Arthur Miller:

   A good newspaper is a nation talking to itself.

2. Stanislaw Lec:

   The window to the world can be covered by a newspaper.

3. Thomas Jefferson:

   The advertisement is the most truthful part of a newspaper.

4. Arthur Miller:

   A good newspaper, I suppose, is a nation talking to itself.

5. Aneurin Bevan:

   I read the newspaper avidly. It is my one form of continuous fiction.

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