# newspaper

Pronunciation: US say "NOOZ-pay-pur" /ˈn(j)usˌpeɪpɚ/; UK say "NYOOZ-pay-puh" /ˈnjuːsˌpeɪpə/

## Noun

1. A publication, usually issued daily or weekly, that contains news reports and other articles, printed on cheap paper or published digitally.
   - Simple: A printed or online set of pages with news stories, articles, and ads.
   - _The local newspaper ran a story about the school's funding cuts._
   - _She subscribes to two national newspapers for their political coverage._
2. A news organization that researches, writes, and publishes a newspaper, usually daily or weekly, and related content.
   - Simple: An organization that gathers news and publishes a newspaper in print or online.
   - _The newspaper assigned three journalists to investigate the scandal._
   - _That newspaper has won several awards for its reporting._
3. The cheap, low-quality paper of the kind used to print daily and weekly publications.
   - Simple: The cheap, thin paper that news stories are printed on.
   - _He used old newspaper to light the campfire._
   - _The movers padded the china with crumpled newspaper._

## Verb

4. To cover or line a surface with sheets of newspaper.
   - Simple: To cover or wrap something using sheets of newspaper.
   - _Before you start sanding, newspaper the floor so the dust is easy to sweep up._
   - _Across the street, the old bakery stood empty, its windows newspapered over from the inside._

## Verb

5. To harass or persecute someone through hostile newspaper articles. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: To attack someone again and again through harmful newspaper stories.

## Other meanings

- (verb) To work in the profession of journalism; to gather, write, and publish news for a living.

## Origin

A compound formed from "news" and "paper."

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/newspaper (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).