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papers

/ˈpeɪpəz/ · noun

Meaning

  1. A sheet material used for writing on or printing on (or as a non-waterproof container), usually made by draining cellulose fibres from a suspension in water.
  2. A newspaper or anything used as such (such as a newsletter or listing magazine).
  3. Wallpaper.
  4. Wrapping paper.
  5. (rock paper scissors) An open hand (a handshape resembling a sheet of paper), that beats rock and loses to scissors. It loses to lizard and beats Spock in rock-paper-scissors-lizard-Spock.
  6. A written document, generally shorter than a book (white paper, term paper), in particular one written for the Government.
  7. To apply paper to.
  8. To document; to memorialize.
  9. To fill (a theatre or other paid event) with complimentary seats.
  10. To submit official papers to (a law court, etc.).
  11. To give public notice (typically by displaying posters) that a person is wanted by the police or other authority.
  12. To sandpaper.
  13. Official documents or identification, as a passport.
  14. A collection of documents, unpublished writing or correspondence in an archive or library collection.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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