Meaning

3 senses

  1. (transitive)To cover with newspaper.

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

  2. (intransitive, transitive)To engage in the business of journalism

    His newspapered his way through the South on the sports beat, avoiding dry towns.

  3. (obsolete, transitive)To harass somebody through newspaper articles.

    He got newspapered out of public life.

Examples

1111 sentences

  1. What the newspapers say is true.

    Те, що пишуть у газетах, — правда. — deniko

    ruТо, что пишут в газетах, - правда. — fjay69

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  2. His picture was in the newspaper.

    Його фотографія була в газеті. — deniko

    ruЕго фотография была в газете. — ae5s

    deSein Foto war in der Zeitung. — MUIRIEL

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  3. Will newspapers be able to survive?

    Чи зможуть газети вижити? — zinova

    ruПродолжат ли существовать газеты? — Karok

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  4. I just sell newspapers, nothing else.

    Я продаю лише газети, і нічого більше. — deniko

    ruЯ просто продаю газеты, ничего больше. — odexed

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  5. I was just reading the newspaper.

    Я лише читав газету. — deniko

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Origin

From news + paper.

From news + paper.

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Forms

newspapers, newspapering, newspapered, newspapered
Base formnewspaper · to newspaper
3rd person singularnewspapers
Present participlenewspapering
Past simplenewspapered
Past participlenewspapered

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theynewspaper
he, she, itnewspapers

Past simpleLesson

all personsnewspapered

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave newspapered
he, she, ithas newspapered

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill newspaper

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

Collocations

12 patterns
  • read the newspaper
  • in the newspaper
  • bought a newspaper
  • reading a newspaper
  • the newspaper while
  • the newspaper and
  • folded the newspaper
  • newspaper and put
  • newspaper while eating
  • delivering newspapers
  • the newspaper every
  • today's newspaper

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
newsA1newscasterB2newsletternewspapermannewsstandnewsworthyB2newt

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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