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# newspaper

«newspaper» in Mova's school dictionary: **Large folded sheets of printed paper with news, stories…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a newspaper, newspapers; newspaper — uncountable as material)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Large folded sheets of printed paper with news, stories, pictures and adverts, published every day or week. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/newspaper/#m1)

2) A company that makes a newspaper. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/newspaper/#m2)

3) (uncountable) Old sheets of newspaper used for wrapping, painting or crafts. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/newspaper/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In school: reading newspapers for news and non-fiction; writing a newspaper report with a headline, who/what/where/when/why; covering desks with newspaper for painting. In lessons on fake news: check facts, not everything printed is true; some newspapers have opinions. Phrases: «read the newspaper», «a newspaper article/report», «a local newspaper», «wrapped in newspaper».

### examples

- Grandpa reads the newspaper every morning. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/newspaper/#x1)
- We wrote a newspaper report about the school fair. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/newspaper/#x2)
- Cover the table with newspaper before you paint. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/newspaper/#x3)
- Our class was in the local newspaper! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/newspaper/#x4)
- The chips came wrapped in newspaper. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/newspaper/#x5)
- A newspaper headline should be short and catchy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/newspaper/#x6)
- Not everything in a newspaper is a fact; some articles are opinions. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/newspaper/#x7)
- In the newspapers there was an announcement. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/newspaper/#x8)

### note

Countable for papers (a newspaper), uncountable for the material (some newspaper). Short form: paper. One word. Plural: newspapers.

### In the corpora

- [Above them are «royal sources», newspaper columns and online guesses — some right, many wrong, none of them checkable.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/44-the-royal-family-in-the-news-a-wedding-a-move-to-america-an-interview-and-a-book/4/)
- [«Sources close to» someone are people a newspaper does not name, so their claims cannot be checked by the reader.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/61-olympiad-what-is-really-going-on/17/)
- [Newspaper articles include quotes, which are people's exact words in inverted commas.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/24-persuasive-letters-newspaper-articles-and-diaries/21/)
- [Newspaper features include a headline, a photo, a caption and columns.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/24-persuasive-letters-newspaper-articles-and-diaries/22/)
- [Newspapers can favour one side; comparing two reports helps you spot it.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/24-persuasive-letters-newspaper-articles-and-diaries/23/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «newspaper» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/newspaper/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.