gazette

CEFRC1

/ɡəˈzɛt/

noun · verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A newspaper or official publication.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    An official periodical publication published by a government containing legal and state notices, and in some cases, legislations, subsidiary legislations and bills.

Examples

  • The local gazette published the official notice yesterday.

  • The local gazette reported on community news.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
1
Synonyms
1

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. To publish (something) in a gazette.

  2. A newspaper; a printed sheet published periodically.

verb

Extra meaning

  1. To announce the status of (someone) in an official gazette; this pertained to both appointments and bankruptcies.

More examples

In context

  • The official gazette published government announcements.

  • Benjamin had already been gazetted captain and Kopp was in process of being gazetted major.

Synonyms

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The local blank published a story about the town festival.

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Origin

noun

Borrowed from French gazette, from Italian gazzetta, from Venetan gazeta, from gazeta dele novità (literally “a gazeta (halfpenny) of news”), named for the cost (one gazeta) of the newspaper. Compare penny dreadful, dime novel. See gazzetta for more.