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# tabloid

noun (a tabloid, tabloids); adjective (tabloid)

«tabloid» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A newspaper with smaller pages, many photos and short, eye-catching stories, often about famous people, crime and gossip. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tabloid/#m1)
2. (adjective) Sensational, shocking or gossipy, like tabloid news. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tabloid/#m2)
3. A size of newspaper page, smaller than a broadsheet. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tabloid/#m3)

### In the lessons

In media lessons pupils compare tabloids and broadsheets and learn to check if a headline is true or exaggerated. In everyday talk «tabloid» can describe gossip and scandal. Phrases: «tabloid newspaper», «the tabloids», «tabloid press», «tabloid headlines».

### Examples

- The tabloids printed a story about the singer's wedding. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tabloid/#x1)
- Tabloid headlines are big, bold and short. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tabloid/#x2)
- We compared a tabloid with a broadsheet in English class. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tabloid/#x3)
- Don't believe everything you read in the tabloids. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tabloid/#x4)
- The story was full of tabloid gossip. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tabloid/#x5)
- Some serious newspapers now print in tabloid size. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tabloid/#x6)

### Note

Countable: «a tabloid». «The tabloids» or «the tabloid press» means these newspapers in general. Trap: tabloid does not always mean false, but it often exaggerates; check facts with other sources.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «tabloid» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tabloid/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«tabloid» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/tabloid.html) on Mova free.