Tra từ paper - Từ điển tiếng Anh - Cambridge Advanced Learners Dictionary

paper UK [ˈpeɪ.pə r ] US [-pɚ] noun
1. <E > uncountable thin flat material which is made from crushed wood or cloth and is used for writing, printing or drawing on
• a piece/sheet of paper
• a pack of writing paper
• Dictionaries are usually printed on thin paper.
• a paper bag
• This card is printed on recycled paper (= paper made from used paper).
• Get the idea down on paper (= write it) before you forget it.
• She works on paper (= writes things on paper) because she hates computers.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Paper
2. <I > countable a newspaper
• a daily/weekly/local/national paper
• The photo was on the front page of all the papers.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Newspapers and magazines
3. papers
official documents, especially ones that show who you are
• The border guards stopped me and asked to see my papers.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Official documents ↑Identifying
4. countable UK a set of printed questions in an examination
• Candidates must answer two questions from each paper.
• The geography paper is not till next week.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Exams, tests and exercises
5. countable a piece of writing on a particular subject written by an expert and usually published in a book or journal, or read aloud to other people
• He's giving a paper on thermodynamics at a conference at Manchester University.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Papers and compositions
6. countable US for essay
• Mr Jones thought my history paper was terrific.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Papers and compositions

• I didn't realise we had to write each answer on a new sheet of paper.
• The parcel had only been loosely wrapped, and the paper had come off.
• Have you got a scrap of paper I could write on?
• He rifled through the papers on the desk, but couldn't find the photographs.
• The leaflets will be printed on recycled paper.
Idioms: on paper ▪ paper chase ▪ somebody couldn't act their way out of a paper bag

verb transitive
to cover a wall, room, etc. with wallpaper
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Interior decoration ↑Curtains and wallpaper
Phrasal Verb: paper over something