📒 the thin material that you write and draw on and that is also used for wrapping and packing things
- a piece/sheet of paper
- She wrote her name and address on a slip (= a small piece) of paper.
- He scribbled the number on a scrap of paper.
📒 a newspaper
- the daily/morning paper
- the local paper
- Have you seen today's paper?
📒 pieces of paper with writing on them, such as letters, pieces of work or private documents
- His desk was covered with books and papers.
- a stack/pile of papers
- I found these documents among my father's papers after his death.
📒 official documents that prove your identity, give you permission to do something, etc.
- identity papers
- The couple filed divorce papers at Los Angeles court on Monday.
- Teresa signed the adoption papers.
📒 a set of exam questions on a particular subject; the answers that people write to the questions
- The geography paper was hard.
- She spent the evening marking exam papers.
- I did well on the oral but not on the written paper.
📒 an academic article about a particular subject that is written by and for specialists
- a recent paper in the Journal of Medicine
- paper on something He has published a research paper on the topic.
- a consultation/discussion paper
📒 a piece of written work done by a student
- Your grade will be based on four papers and a final exam.
- paper on something I'm writing a paper on ‘Macbeth’.
📒 paper that you use to cover and decorate the walls of a room
- The room was damp and the paper was peeling off.
📒 having no value, especially legally, or because one of the people involved has no intention of doing what they said they would
📒 when you put something on paper, you write it down
📒 judged from written information only, but not proved in practice
- The idea looks good on paper.
📒 to write or start to write something