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bulletin

nounverbinterjectionattested in dialogue

  • United Kingdom//ˈbʊl.ɪ.tɪn//
  • United Kingdom//ˈbʊl.ə.tɪn//
  • United States//ˈbʊl.ə.tən//
  • United States//ˈbʊl.əʔ.n̩//

A short report, especially one released through official channels to be immediately broadcast or publicized.

noun

  1. 1

    A short report, especially one released through official channels to be immediately broadcast or publicized.

    A company bulletin announced changes to the policy.

  2. 2

    A time-sensitive news item or short news report.

    The evening news bulletin reported on the earthquake.

  3. 3

    A short printed publication, especially one produced regularly by an organization.

Etymology

Borrowed from French bulletin. By surface analysis, bull (“ball”) + -et (“diminutive”) + -in (“diminutive”).

verb

  1. 1

    To announce (something) by means of such a report or publication.

    to bulletin an employment vacancy

interjection

  1. 1

    Introduces a fact (presumed to be obvious) of which the person addressed is ostensibly not aware.

Forms

plural
bulletins
past tense
bulletined
past participle
bulletined
present participle
bulletining
third person singular
bulletins
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Lexical content from Wiktionary, under CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source entry · Data version 2026-08-23

Rank among the words of the OpenSubtitles 2018 corpus — film and television subtitles, so spoken rather than written usage (CC BY-SA 3.0).