noun
Meaning 1
plural of paper.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, plural
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
papers
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.
Sound
Pronunciation
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General-American: /ˈpeɪpɚz/
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈpeɪpəz/
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CMU ARPABET: P EY1 P ER0 Z Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
Official documents or identification, as a passport.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: plural, plural-only
Examples
- He lost his papers while travelling and had a hard time getting home.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A collection of documents, unpublished writing or correspondence in an archive or library collection.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: plural, plural-only
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noun
Meaning 4
cigarette papers
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia, plural, plural-only
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Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 5
third-person singular simple present indicative of paper
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 6
writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: document, written document
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: writing, written material, piece of writing
Narrower terms: ballot, brevet, capitulation, certificate, certification, credential, credentials, charter, commercial document, commercial instrument, confession, copyright, right of first publication, enclosure, inclosure, form, legal document, legal instrument, official document, instrument, papyrus, patent, patent of invention, platform, political platform, political program, program, resignation, resolution, declaration, resolve, source, specification, voucher, report, study, written report
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
12 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: papers — official documents or identification
- Chinese Mandarin: 證件 /证件 (zhèngjiàn) — official documents or identification
- Finnish: paperit — official documents or identification
- Polish: papiery — official documents or identification
- Russian: докуме́нты (dokuménty) — official documents or identification
- Russian: бума́ги (bumági) — official documents or identification
- Spanish: papeles — official documents or identification
- Finnish: paperit — collection of documents
- Polish: papiery — collection of documents
- Russian: бума́ги (bumági) — collection of documents
- Russian: докуме́нты (dokuménty) — collection of documents
- Turkish: evraklar — collection of documents
Real reading context