US /ɡəˈzɛt/ UK /ɡəˈzet/
noun verb Freq #18569

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    a newspaper, especially one whose title contains Gazette

    The local gazette reported the council's decision on its front page.

  2. 2
    noun

    an official publication containing government, legal, or institutional notices

    The appointment appeared in the official gazette on Monday.

  3. 3
    verb

    to publish or announce something officially in a gazette

    The ministry will gazette the new conservation area next month.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 noun · a newspaper, especially one... newspaperjournal
2 noun · an official publication... official journalregister
3 verb · to publish or announce... publishproclaimnotify
Word family
Forms gazettes
Derived forms gazetteergazettal
Related forms newspapergazzetta

Etymology

From French gazette and Italian gazzetta, probably through Venetian gazeta de le novita, a news-sheet sold for one gazeta, a small coin. The name of the coin passed to the publication and then to official journals and the verb for publishing in one.

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