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NEWS REPORT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A short account of the news
Example:
the account of his speech that was given on the evening news made the governor furious
Synonyms:
account; news report; report; story; write up
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("news report" is a kind of...):
news (information reported in a newspaper or news magazine)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "news report"):
newsletter; newssheet (report or open letter giving informal or confidential news of interest to a special group)
bulletin (a brief report (especially an official statement issued for immediate publication or broadcast))
communique; despatch; dispatch (an official report (usually sent in haste))
urban legend (a story that appears mysteriously and spreads spontaneously in various forms and is usually false; contains elements of humor or horror and is popularly believed to be true)
exclusive; scoop (a news report that is reported first by one news organization)
