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Definition of bulletin noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

bulletin

noun
 
/ˈbʊlətɪn/
 
/ˈbʊlətɪn/
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  1. a short news report on the radio or television
    • The story led the television news bulletins that evening.
    Topics TV, radio and newsc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • official
    • news
    • weather
    verb + bulletin
    • issue
    • put out
    • release
    preposition
    • in a/​the bulletin
    • bulletin on
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  2. an official statement about something important
    • a bulletin on the president’s health
    • The government will issue an official bulletin later this week.
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • official
    • news
    • weather
    verb + bulletin
    • issue
    • put out
    • release
    preposition
    • in a/​the bulletin
    • bulletin on
    See full entry
  3. a printed report that gives news about an organization or a group
    • More details will be given in our next news bulletin.
    • See the June bulletin for details of future events.
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • monthly
    • weekly
    • etc.
    verb + bulletin
    • produce
    • publish
    • read
    preposition
    • in a/​the bulletin
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  4. 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’.
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