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Definition of tabloid adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

tabloid

adjective
 
/ˈtæblɔɪd/
 
/ˈtæblɔɪd/
[only before noun]
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  1. (sometimes disapproving) tabloid newspapers have small pages and short articles with a lot of pictures and stories about famous people, and are often thought of as less serious than other newspapers
    • a tabloid newspaper
    • the tabloid press
    • tabloid journalists
    see also red-topTopics TV, radio and newsc1
  2. used to describe the small size of some newspapers (usually half the size of larger papers)
    • a serious paper in a new tabloid format

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