- 1a short news report on the radio or television Wordfinderradioair, announce, bulletin, jingle, phone-in, podcast, programme, public service broadcasting, radio, station Oxford Collocations Dictionary adjectiveofficial, news, weather, … verb + bulletinissue, put out, release, … prepositionin a/the bulletin, bulletin on See full entry See related entries: Radio broadcasting, TV shows
- 2an official statement about something important a bulletin on the President’s health Oxford Collocations Dictionary adjectiveofficial, news, weather, … verb + bulletinissue, put out, release, … prepositionin a/the bulletin, bulletin on See full entry
- 3a printed report that gives news about an organization or a group Oxford Collocations Dictionary adjectivemonthly, weekly, etc., … verb + bulletinproduce, publish, read, … prepositionin a/the bulletin See full entry Word Originmid 17th cent. (denoting an official warrant in some European countries): from French, from Italian bullettino, diminutive of bulletta ‘passport’, diminutive of bulla ‘seal, bull’.Extra examples More details will be given in our next news bulletin. The details are in the June bulletin. The government will issue an official bulletin later this week. See the June bulletin for details of future events. The government issued an official bulletin on the President’s health.
bulletin
nounBrE BrE//ˈbʊlətɪn//; NAmE NAmE//ˈbʊlətɪn//
Radio broadcasting, TV showsCheck pronunciation: bulletin
