Phrase guide

news media

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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1

noun

Meaning 1

All the various forms of communicating news to the public collectively.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

newspapers and magazines collectively

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: journalism

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: print media

Narrower terms: Fleet Street, photojournalism, yellow journalism, tabloid, tab

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

20 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Azerbaijani: mətbuat — various forms of news
  • Belarusian: прэ́са (présa) — various forms of news
  • Bulgarian: пре́са (présa) — various forms of news
  • Burmese: သတင်းမီဒီယာ (sa.tang:midiya) — various forms of news
  • Chinese Mandarin: 新聞媒體 /新闻媒体 (xīnwén méitǐ) — various forms of news
  • Dutch: pers — various forms of news
  • Finnish: uutisvälineet — various forms of news
  • French: presse — various forms of news
  • Georgian: მასობრივი საინფორმაციო საშუალება (masobrivi sainpormacio sašualeba) — various forms of news
  • German: Presse — various forms of news
  • Japanese: 報道機関 (hōdō kikan) — various forms of news
  • Korean: 보도기관 (bodogigwan) — various forms of news
  • Korean: 뉴스 미디어 (nyuseu midieo) — various forms of news
  • Polish: prasa — various forms of news
  • Portuguese: imprensa — various forms of news
  • Romanian: presă — various forms of news
  • Russian: пре́сса (préssa) — various forms of news
  • Spanish: prensa — various forms of news
  • Swedish: nyhetsmedier — various forms of news
  • Ukrainian: пре́са (présa) — various forms of news