noun
bulletin
BUL-uh-tin/ˈbʊlətɪn/
A short report or announcement giving news or information.
A brief bulletin about a collapsed bridge interrupts the wildlife program.
Etymology
Bulletta meant a document or voting slip; its diminutive supplied a name for a small official report. That official-report sense broadened to brief news notices and public announcements.
In context
to bring you a special bulletin from the Intercontinental Radio News. At 20 minutes [to] 8 central time, Professor Farrell of the Mount Jennings Observatory, Chicago, Illinois, reports observing several explosions
More examples
- A news bulletin interrupted the program.
- The school issued a weekly bulletin.
- Several bulletins updated residents on the repairs.
Forms
bulletin · bulletins
Similar words
- update
- May revise existing information rather than deliver a formal announcement.
- announcement
- An announcement need not be a concise recurring news report.