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Definition: Bulletin |
BulletinNoun1. A brief report especially an official statement issued for immediate publication or broadcast. Verb1. Make public by bulletin. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "bulletin" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1824. (references) |
Etymology: Bulletin \Bul"le*tin\, noun. [French expression bulletin, from Italian bullettino, diminutive of bulletta, diminutive of bulla, bolla, an edict of the pope, from the Latin expression bulla bubble. See Bull an edict.]. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Literature | Bulletin French for a certificate. An official report of an officer to his superior, or of medical attendants respecting the health of persons of notoriety; so called because they were authenticated by an official bulla or seal. (Spanish, botetin, a warrant; Italian, bullettino, a roll.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Publishing & Graphic Arts | Periodical edited by an association or administrative or other body reporting its activities or presenting information of an official or authoritative character. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
| ANTITRUST BULL | English | Antitrust Bulletin | N/A |
| bull. | French | Bulletin | Language |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Correspondence | Noun: correspondence, letter, epistle, note, billet, post card, missive, circular, favor, billet-doux; chit, chitty, letter card, picture post card; postal, card; despatch; dispatch; bulletin, these presents; rescript, rescription; post; (messenger). |
News | Bulletin, fresh news, stirring news; glad tidings; flash, news just in; on-the-spot coverage; live coverage. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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Screenplays | Here, Violet, you can stick this up on the bulletin. (Nine to Five; writing credit: Colin Higgins) I've got out an all-points bulletin. (Boston Public; writing credit: John Zuur Platten) | |
Clever | Sign on a church bulletin board: Planning to go to Heaven? Get your flight training here. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Not Another News Bulletin (2002) Special Bulletin (1983) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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 | Operator using Dorsey Fathometer with flashing light method Merchant Marine Bulletin No. 9, May 1931. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | Prototype "portable" depth recorder used as part of 808 fathometer system Bulletin 13 of the Association of Field Engineers, 1939, p. 102. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
 | "Honolulu and Its Fringing Reef", Plate VI. In: "Coral Reefs of the Hawaiian Islands" by Alexander Agassiz. April 1889. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, at Harvard College. Vol. XVII. No. 3. Library Call Number G161 A26. Credit: America's Coastlines. |  | "Eastern Side of the Entrance to Honolulu Harbor", Plate VII. In: "Coral Reefs of the Hawaiian Islands" by Alexander Agassiz. April 1889. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, at Harvard College. Vol. XVII. No. 3. Library Call Number G161 A26. Credit: America's Coastlines. |
 | Callyodon latax Jordan & Seale. Type. In: "The Fishes of Samoa", by David Starr Jordan and Alvin Seale. Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission, Vol. 25, 1905. P. 455, Plate XLIX. Credit: Fisheries. |  | 1 Megaprotodon trifascialis (Quoy & Gaimard) 2 Oxymonacanthus longirostris ( Bloch & Schneider). In: "The Fishes of Samoa", by David Starr Jordan and Alvin Seale. Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission, Vol. 25, 1905. P. 455, Plate L. Credit: Fisheries. |
 | Bathymetric map of the Gulf of Alaska by Harold Murray of the Coast and Geodetic Survey. The seamounts are named for C&GS hydrographers. In: "Submarine Mountains in the Gulf of Alaska" by Harold W. Murray of the C&GS. Published in Bulletin of the Geological Society of America, 1941, Vol 52, pp. 333-362. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |  | Dead Reckoning Lines in the Gulf of Alaska. Showing the systematic planning of tracklines year by year from 1925 to 1939 by the Coast and Geodetic Survey. In: "Submarine Mountains in the Gulf of Alaska" by Harold W. Murray of the C&GS. Published in Bulletin of the Geological Society of America, 1941, Vol 52, pp. 333-362. Offprint call number: 526.98 M98. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |
 | A reflecting camera shown in section. In: Reighard , Jacob, 1907, "The Photography of Aquatic Animals in Their Natural Environment. " Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries, Vol. XXVII, 1907, pp. 41-68. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |  | Photograph taken in 4-feet of water off Tortugas Islands, Florida. In: Reighard , Jacob, 1907, "The Photography of Aquatic Animals in Their Natural Environment. " Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries, Vol. XXVII, 1907, pp. 41-68. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
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| "Digital bulletin board" by Peter Hamza Commentary: "Bulletin board with glowing green letters." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | It also issues a monthly financial bulletin. (references) | |
Bid tenders organized by Polish cities are announced in the Bulletin of Public Procurement. (references) | ||
The Western European Armaments Group publishes a bulletin containing procurement opportunities. (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | China | Content on some bulletin boards has been removed. (references) |
Nauru | Occasional publications include the government bulletin. (references) | |
Liechtenstein | An information bulletin also is issued by the third party (Freie Liste) represented in Parliament. (references) | |
Economic History | Yemen | The programs are mainly in Arabic except for a 15-minute daily English news bulletin. (references) |
Azerbaijan | Note: Estimates based on information from the State Statistics Committee and the State Customs Bulletin. (references) | |
Guyana | U.S. trade opportunities are publicized in the bulletin "Commercial News USA" which is disseminated to firms. (references) | |
Human Rights | Greece | Several complained that they were not shown the Hellenic Police Informational Bulletin, which contains prisoners' rights in a variety of languages, and that they were forced to sign blank documents later used for their deportation. (references) |
Argentina | The use of wiretaps approved by a federal judge continued to be governed by a decree issued by then-President Menem in the early 1990's. However, in December a new intelligence law was enacted and published in the Official Bulletin. (references) | |
Trade | Spain | A standard analysis bulletin issued by the manufacturer, listing the product composition, is acceptable for customs purposes. (references) |
Travel | Bangladesh | For recorded information, call (202) 647-5225. To access the Consular Affairs Bulletin Board, dial (202) 647-9225 via a modem with standard settings. (references) |
South Africa | A new Electronic Bulletin Board has been established in the State Department's Bureau of Consular Affairs as a means for keeping the international traveler informed about security and crime problems abroad. (references) | |
Panama | In 1987, the State Department's Bureau of Consular Affairs established the Consular Affairs Bulletin Board (CABB), as a means to keep the international business community informed about security and crime problems abroad. (references) | |
Women | Poland | According to the 1999 government statistical bulletin, men have a higher employment rate (54 percent) than women (45.9 percent), and women have a higher unemployment rate (13.5 percent) than men (11.7 percent). (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Bulletin" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 91.90% of the time. "Bulletin" is used about 678 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 91.9% | 623 | 10,395 |
| Noun (proper) | 8.1% | 55 | 45,713 |
| Total | 100.00% | 678 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Country | Name | Country | Name |
| Philippines | Manila Bulletin Publishing Corporation | United Kingdom | Metal Bulletin P.L.C. |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "bulletin": bulletin board ♦ bulletin board service ♦ bulletin board system ♦ consolidate bulletin ♦ electronic bulletin board ♦ hourly bulletin ♦ information bulletin ♦ medical bulletin ♦ news bulletin ♦ official bulletin ♦ painted bulletin ♦ Pedagogical Bulletin ♦ weather bulletin. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "bulletin": bulletin-board, bulletin-bullet-bull-pull-football-foot. | |
Ending with "bulletin": news-bulletin. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
bulletin board | 1,770 | bulletin press sun | 158 |
manila bulletin | 1,467 | brownwood bulletin | 150 |
honolulu star bulletin | 1,024 | bulletin manteca | 140 |
church bulletin | 1,002 | walla walla union bulletin | 121 |
bulletin board software | 743 | buckeye bulletin sports | 118 |
daily bulletin | 512 | bulletin pine valley | 117 |
bulletin norwich | 509 | bulletin chicago daily law | 103 |
bend bulletin | 397 | anderson bulletin herald | 91 |
bulletin board idea | 336 | aarp.org bulletin | 91 |
bulletin | 333 | otc bulletin board | 88 |
bulletin daily inland valley | 233 | gm service bulletin | 81 |
bulletin martinsville | 221 | boards bulletin msnbc | 79 |
visa bulletin | 221 | bulletin herald | 74 |
rochester post bulletin | 216 | binder bulletin | 74 |
bulletin star | 202 | bulletin market | 69 |
technical service bulletin | 195 | bulletin market mississippi | 69 |
post bulletin | 189 | bulletin chicago law | 68 |
bulletin board system | 175 | borneo bulletin | 68 |
wedding bulletin | 174 | free bulletin boards | 64 |
baxter bulletin | 163 | bulletin boards and classroom | 63 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "bulletin"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | buletin (Gazette, news sheet). (various references) | |
Arabic | مجلة (journal, magazine, periodical, review), نشرة (brochure, insertion, leaflet, program, programme, publication, review), أعلن ببلاغ, بيان (catalogue, declaration, diction, handout, insertion, list, notice, notification, piano, proclamation, program, programme, pronouncement, report, representation, rhetoric, statement). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | бюлетин (bill, proceedings, report), периодично издание (periodical, serial). (various references) | |
Catalan | butlletí. (various references) | |
Chinese | 通報 (circulate information, journal), 公报 (communique), 公報 (announcement, communique), 布告 (notice). (various references) | |
Czech | bulletin (News-letter), vìstník. (various references) | |
Danish | beretning (account, communication, errand, information, message, record, report). (various references) | |
Dutch | bulletin, verenigingsorgaan. (various references) | |
Esperanto | bulteno. (various references) | |
Faeroese | almenn kunngerð. (various references) | |
Farsi | پژوهنامه , پژوهشنامه , تابلواعلانات , اگهی نامه رسمی , اگاهینامه , ابلاغیه رسمی , بیانیه (Manifest, Manifesto). (various references) | |
Finnish | tiedotuslehti (newsletter), tiedote (announcement, communiqué, handout, statement), tiedonanto (communication, information, notice, report). (various references) | |
French | bulletin (bul.). (various references) | |
German | bulletin (news bulletin), Bericht (account, commentary, communication, information, item, narrative, news copy, record, report, run down, story, tale, update, write up), Tagesbericht, Bekanntmachungsblatt. (various references) | |
Greek | δελτίο (coupon, form, ticket). (various references) | |
Hebrew | ידיעון, עלון (broadsheet, leaflet, pamphlet), בולטין. (various references) | |
Hungarian | hivatalos közlemény (communiqué, official statement), hivatalos jelentés. (various references) | |
Indonesian | selebaran (broadside, leaflet), pengumuman (announcement, declaration, notification). (various references) | |
Italian | bollettino (bill, form, Gazette, list, news, note, report). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 通報 (report, tip), 紀要 (memoirs), 掲示 (notice), 機関誌 , 機関紙 (organ), 彙報 (collection of reports), 会報 (report), 告示 (notice). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | きかんし (a quarterly, bronchial tube, engineer, organ), きよう (appointment, handy, memoirs, Nagasaki, promotion, skillful), つうほう (report, tip), かいほう (breakwater, circular, circulating letter, coast battery, convalescence, emancipation, evolution, extraction of roots, good news, idea borne in mind, liberalization, liberation, looking after, nursing, open, release, reply, report, solution, throw open), いほう (collection of reports, foreign country, illegal, illegality, memory or autograph of deceased, unlawfulness), こくじ (carved characters, carving characters, farewell address, kana, kanji made in Japan, national affairs, native script, notice, resemblance, resemble, the seal of state), けいじ (apocalypse, auspicious event, clocking, copula, criminal case, defer to another as if an older brother, detective, notice, revelation, timing). (various references) | |
Korean | 게시. (various references) | |
Papiamen | boletin. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ulletinbay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | boletim (bill). (various references) | |
Romanian | buletin (form, receipt), comunicat (communique). (various references) | |
Russian | бюллетень (ballot, ballot paper, sick-leave-list, statement). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | bilten (newsletter, news-letter). (various references) | |
Spanish | boletín (newsletter, release). (various references) | |
Swedish | bulletin. (various references) | |
Thai | แถลงการณ์. (various references) | |
Turkish | bülten (journal, return). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | бюлетень, періодичне видання (periodical, serial). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | thông cáo, thông báo tập san. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "bulletin": bulletined, bulleting, bulletining, bulletins. (additional references) | |
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"Bulletin" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Beletuen, Bellatini, Bellatrix, Bellevin, Bolkestein, Bollettino, Boulestln, Bulavin, bulderin, Buleita, bulitin, bullata, bullate, bullator, bulleitn, bulletain, bulletine, bulleton, bullety, bullitin, bulliton, bulltin, Bulweria, bulwerii, mullertii, Ullstein. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "bulletin" (pronounced buh"lutun) |
| 5 | -l u t u n | charlatan, cosmopolitan, exoskeleton, gelatin, metropolitan, skeleton. |
| 4 | -u t u n | biotin, lovastatin, puritan, Samaritan. |
| 3 | -t u n | fatten, actin, badminton, batten, beaten, begotten, bitten, Boston, boughten, Bouton, brighten, Burton, button, Canton, capstan, captain, carton, certain, chieftain, clandestine, cotton, craton, curtain, Dalton, dentin, dishearten, eaten, enlighten, flatten, forgotten, fountain, frighten, frostbitten, gluten, gotten, guncotton, handwritten, hearten, heighten, highfalutin, intermountain, intestine, jetton, kindergarten, kitten, lighten, litten, Manhattan, marten, Martin, Melton, misbegotten, mitten, molten, mountain, mutton, nekton, Newton, overwritten, Parton, Patten, phytoplankton, piston, plankton, plantain, platen, pleasing, ponton, predestine, prolactin, rewritten, rotten, satin, Seton, Sexton, shorten, Singleton, smitten, spartan, straighten, sultan, sweeten, tartan, teston, threaten, tighten, Titan, Triton, tungsten, typewritten, unbeaten, unbutton, uncertain, underwritten, unwritten, verboten, wanton, wheaten, whiten, written. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-e-i-l-l-n-t-u" | |
-2 letters: billet, bullet, lentil, lintel, lutein, nubile, tuille, unbelt. | |
-3 letters: blent, blite, bluet, blunt, built, butle, elint, inlet, libel, lunet, tulle, unite, unlet, unlit, untie, until, utile. | |
-4 letters: bell, belt, bent, bile, bill, bine, bint, bite, blet, blin, blue, bull, bunt, bute, etui, lent, lien, lieu, lilt, line, lint, lite, litu, lube, lune, lunt. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-e-i-l-l-n-t-u" | |
+1 letter: bulleting, bulletins, ebullient. | |
+2 letters: bulletined, ebullition, untillable. | |
+3 letters: bulletining, ebulliently, ebullitions, ineluctable, ineluctably. | |
+4 letters: agglutinable, blusteringly, interlobular, turbellarian, uncultivable, unlistenable. | |
+5 letters: manipulatable, subcollection, turbellarians, unbeautifully, unbelligerent, uncollectible, unreliability, vulnerability. | |
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