broadsheet

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˈbrɔdʃit/ UK /ˈbrɔːdʃiːt/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

noun
a large-format newspaper, traditionally one regarded as serious

The story made the front page of every broadsheet.

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Synonyms

1 noun · a large-format newspaper,... newspaper paper journal gazette

Opposites

tabloid

Word family

Related forms broad broadside

Etymology

A compound of broad (Old English brād) + sheet (Old English scēte, 'cloth, sheet'), denoting a newspaper printed on large-format pages.

brād Old English scēte Old English

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# broadsheet

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈbrɔdʃit/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈbrɔːdʃiːt/

## Meanings
1. a large-format newspaper, traditionally one regarded as serious

## Examples
- The story made the front page of every broadsheet.

## Synonyms
- newspaper
- paper
- journal
- gazette

## Antonyms
- tabloid

## Related Forms
- broad
- broadside

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: brād
- Root: scēte

## Etymology
A compound of broad (Old English brād) + sheet (Old English scēte, 'cloth, sheet'), denoting a newspaper printed on large-format pages.

## AI Etymology
Broadsheet is a compound of broad (Old English brād) + sheet (Old English scēte, 'cloth, sheet'), denoting a newspaper printed on large-format pages. The historical trail runs through brād in Old English and scēte in Old English. Morphologically, broadsheet is transparent: it is a compound of broad (Old English brād) + sheet (Old English scēte, 'cloth, sheet'), denoting a newspaper printed on large-format pages. Used as a noun, broadsheet now means "a large-format newspaper, traditionally one regarded as serious", so the present definition can be read against the older forms and meanings. The same lexical family is also visible in related forms such as broad and broadside. The modern word remains analyzable through its parts, which makes the semantic connection unusually direct.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities

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