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Definition of “gazette”

gazette (ɡəˈzɛt Pronunciation for gazette

Definitions

noun

    1. a newspaper or official journal
    2. (capital when part of the name of a newspaper) ⇒ the Thame Gazette
  1. (British) an official document containing public notices, appointments, etc gaz

verb

  1. tr (British) to announce or report (facts or an event) in a gazette

Word Origin

C17: from French, from Italian gazzetta, from Venetian dialect gazeta news-sheet costing one gazet, small copper coin, perhaps from gaza magpie, from Latin gaia, gaius jay

Synonyms

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= newspaper, paper, journal, organ, periodical, news-sheet

Translations for 'gazette'

  • British English: gazette Gazette is often used in the names of newspapers. NOUN...read in the gazette.
  • Brazilian Portuguese: gazeta
  • Chinese: > 报常用于报纸名> 报報
  • European Spanish: gaceta
  • French: gazette
  • German: Gazette
  • Italian: gazzetta
  • Japanese: 新聞
  • Korean: 신문의 명칭
  • Portuguese: gazeta
  • Spanish: gaceta

Example Sentences Including 'gazette'

In April, a similar notice in the gazette told of a 1 percent increase back dated to January 1;
Misc (1995)
Meanwhile Gwen Pearson (Tara Reid) reveals what he gets up to in the college gazette.
Sun, News of the World (2002)
One was an obscure rag trade gazette named Man About Town, acquired by Heseltine in 1961.
Times, Sunday Times (2002)
Only a clip from a gazette and, pinned to it, a sheet of notepaper blank but for a single brief sentence.
Murray, Stephen Death and Transfiguration
Publish the project details in the state's official gazette and newspapers, allowing a period of two months for representations.
Business Today (1996)
The measure has not yet been made law by publication in the official gazette , but probably will be by the end of May.
canada.com (2004)
The orders for deportation were published in the official gazette , and the measures were implemented cruelly at the local level.
Bramwell, Anna C Refugees in the Age of Total War

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