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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | message sent by coded radio signals |
| Synonyms: | buzzer, cable, cablegram, call, coded message, flash, radiogram, report, signal, summons, telegraph, telegraphic message, teletype, telex, wire |
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| Main Entry: | report |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | account, story |
| Synonyms: | address, announcement, article, blow by blow, brief, broadcast, cable, chronicle, communication, communique, declaration, description, detail, digest, dispatch, handout, history, hot wire, information, message, narration, narrative, news, note, opinion, outline, paper, picture, piece, proclamation, pronouncement, précis, recital, record, relation, release, rundown, résumé, scoop*, statement, summary, tale, telegram, tidings, version, wire, word*, write-up |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | wire |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | conducting strand |
| Synonyms: | cable, coil, line, message, strand, telegram, telegraph, thread |
| Main Entry: | reportage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | reporting news |
| Synonyms: | address, announcement, article, blow by blow, brief, broadcast, cable, chronicle, communication, communique, coverage, declaration, description, detail, digest, dispatch, handout, history, hot wire, information, message, narration, narrative, news, note, opinion, outline, paper, picture, piece, proclamation, pronouncement, précis, recital, record, relation, release, rundown, résumé, scoop*, statement, summary, tale, telegram, tidings, version, wire, word*, write-up |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | tiding |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | news |
| Synonyms: | account, advice, announcement, broadcast, bulletin, cable, cognizance, communication, communiqué, copy, data, description, disclosure, discovery, dispatch, enlightenment, exposé, eye-opener, front-page news, headlines, hearsay, intelligence, itemization, knowledge, leak, lowdown, message, narration, news flash, particularization, recital, recognition, release, report, rumor, scandal, scoop*, specification, statement, story, telecast, telegram, telling, the goods, tidings, word* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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| Main Entry: | news |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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| Concept: | News. |
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-nouns
news; information; piece of news, budget of news, budget of information; intelligence, tidings., word, advice, aviso, message; dispatch, despatch; telegram, cable, marconigram, wire, communication, errand, embassy., report, rumor, hearsay, on dit, flying rumor, news stirring, cry, buzz, gossip, bruit, fame; talk, oui dire, scandal, eavesdropping; town tattle, table talk; tittle tattle; canard, topic of the day, idea afloat., fresh news, stirring news; glad tidings., old story, old news, stale news, stale story; chestnut., narrator (describe); newsmonger, scandalmonger; talebearer, telltale, gossip, tattler.
-verbs
-adjectives
many-tongued; rumored; publicly rumored, currently rumored, currently reported; rife, current, floating, afloat, going about, in circulation, in every one's mouth, all over the town.
-adverbs
as the story goes, as the story runs; as they say, it is said; by telegraph, by wireless.
-phrases
"airy tongues that syllable men's names" [Milton].
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