(piece of news)

  • 1piece of news — index item Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 2news — W1S1 [nju:z US nu:z] n [U] [Date: 1400 1500; Origin: new] 1.) information about something that has happened recently ▪ I m not sure how he s going to react to the news. ▪ The good news is that tomorrow will be fine and sunny. ▪ You seem upset not …

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  • 3news — [ nuz ] noun uncount *** 1. ) information about something that has happened recently: I m afraid I ve got some bad news. I wrote to John telling him all the latest news. news for: Good news for home owners! news of/about: Friends expressed shock… …

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  • 4Piece — Piece, n. [OE. pece, F. pi[ e]ce, LL. pecia, petia, petium, probably of Celtic origin; cf. W. peth a thing, a part, portion, a little, Armor. pez, Gael. & Ir. cuid part, share. Cf. {Petty}.] 1. A fragment or part of anything separated from the… …

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  • 5Piece broker — Piece Piece, n. [OE. pece, F. pi[ e]ce, LL. pecia, petia, petium, probably of Celtic origin; cf. W. peth a thing, a part, portion, a little, Armor. pez, Gael. & Ir. cuid part, share. Cf. {Petty}.] 1. A fragment or part of anything separated from… …

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  • 6Piece goods — Piece Piece, n. [OE. pece, F. pi[ e]ce, LL. pecia, petia, petium, probably of Celtic origin; cf. W. peth a thing, a part, portion, a little, Armor. pez, Gael. & Ir. cuid part, share. Cf. {Petty}.] 1. A fragment or part of anything separated from… …

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  • 7Piece of eight — Piece Piece, n. [OE. pece, F. pi[ e]ce, LL. pecia, petia, petium, probably of Celtic origin; cf. W. peth a thing, a part, portion, a little, Armor. pez, Gael. & Ir. cuid part, share. Cf. {Petty}.] 1. A fragment or part of anything separated from… …

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  • 8news|beat — «NOOZ BEET, NYOOZ », noun. U.S. 1. a source of news regularly assigned to a reporter; beat. 2. the publishing of a piece of news ahead of one s rivals; scoop: »Rival agencies used to fight for headlines with newsbeats out hills taken or Chinese… …

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  • 9news conference — news ,conference noun count a meeting where reporters get information and ask questions about a particular piece of news: PRESS CONFERENCE …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 10news */*/*/ — UK [njuːz] / US [nuz] noun [uncountable] Get it right: news: Although the word news has an s on the end, it is an uncountable noun, so: ▪  it is never used in the plural ▪  it does not follow a Wrong: She now lives in exile, but the good news are …

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