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This hype word bothers me though It always sounds like an accusation, what does it mean, advertising, column inches in the press? Bands themselves are never really responsible for all of that. That is something that happens to you when you sell millions of records.
Holly Johnson

Meaning of "column inches" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF COLUMN INCHES

column inches  [ˈkɒləm ˈɪntʃɪz] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF COLUMN INCHES

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Column inches is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES COLUMN INCHES MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Column inch

A column inch is a measurement of the amount of content in published works that use multiple columns per page. A column inch is a unit of space one column wide by one inch high.

Definition of column inches in the English dictionary

The definition of column inches in the dictionary is the amount of coverage given to a story in a newspaper.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH COLUMN INCHES


Arches
ˈɑːtʃɪz
backbenches
ˌbækˈbɛntʃɪz
bear´s-breeches
ˌbeəzˈbriːtʃɪz
breeches
ˈbrɪtʃɪz
britches
ˈbrɪtʃɪz
bunches
ˈbʌntʃɪz
chiz
tʃɪz
conchies
ˈkɒntʃɪz
cross-benches
ˈkrɒsˌbentʃɪz
duchies
ˈdʌtʃɪz
laches
ˈlætʃɪz
Marches
ˈmɑːtʃɪz
munchies
ˈmʌntʃɪz
reaches
ˈriːtʃɪz
riches
ˈrɪtʃɪz
scratches
ˈskrætʃɪz
trenches
ˈtrɛntʃɪz

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE COLUMN INCHES

columbous
Columbus
Columbus Day
columel
columella
columella auris
columellae
columellar
column
column inch
columnal
columnar
columnarity
columnated
columnea
columned
columniated
columniation
columnist
columnistic

WORDS THAT END LIKE COLUMN INCHES

batten down the hatches
cartes blanches
clutches
Court of Arches
Darwin´s finches
Dutchman´s-breeches
from rags to riches
front benches
in stitches
knee breeches
nouveaux riches
Opposition benches
pull one´s punches
riding breeches
rimes riches
sons of bitches
the Marches
too big for one´s breeches
under hatches
World Council of Churches

Synonyms and antonyms of column inches in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «column inches» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF COLUMN INCHES

Find out the translation of column inches to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of column inches from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «column inches» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

列英寸
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

pulgadas de columna
570 millions of speakers

English

column inches
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

कॉलम इंच
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الأعمدة الصحافية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

дюймов колонки
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

centímetros de coluna
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

কলাম ইঞ্চি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

pouces de colonne
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Inci lajur
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Kolumnen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

コラムインチ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

열 인치
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kolom inchi
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cột inch
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பத்தியில் அங்குலங்கள்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

स्तंभ इंच
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Sütun inç
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

pollici di colonna
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

kolumna cali
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

дюймів колонки
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

inci coloană
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ίντσες στήλης
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

kolom duim
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

kolonn inches
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

kolonne inches
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of column inches

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «COLUMN INCHES»

The term «column inches» is regularly used and occupies the 91.469 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «COLUMN INCHES» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «column inches» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «column inches» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about column inches

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QUOTES WITH «COLUMN INCHES»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word column inches.
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Holly Johnson
This hype word bothers me though It always sounds like an accusation, what does it mean, advertising, column inches in the press? Bands themselves are never really responsible for all of that. That is something that happens to you when you sell millions of records.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «COLUMN INCHES»

Discover the use of column inches in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to column inches and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Provincial Press and the Community
total number of order and disorder reports with column inches for each category and (c) the ratio of order to disorder reports, and order to disorder column inches. The summary shows that the ratio of column inches of order news to disorder ...
Ian Jackson, 1971
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The Art of Column Writing: Insider Secrets from Art ...
Typically, a columnist will be allotted a certain amount of space, which might be guided by a word count, or “x” amount of column inches. A column inch is typically about 40 words, but if an editor assigns you a column length and you're unsure, ...
Suzette Martinez Standring, 2007
3
"Time" (and "Newsweek") is on My Side: Pop/rock Coverage in ...
The examination of total column inches shows that rock/pop coverage did not surpass classical coverage during the 1960s, and that classical coverage experienced a spike during 1965 and 1966. The Mean, standard deviation, and ranges ...
Stephen Levering, 2006
4
Publish Your Own Magazine, Guidebook, Or Weekly Newspaper: ...
If you are going to sell ads by the column inch, then you may want to choose a five column format. A tabloid in a four column format will have approximately 60 column inches on a page, while a five column tab will have 75 column inches on a ...
Thomas Andrew Williams, 2002
5
In Search of Greatness: Russia's Communications with Africa ...
International Organizations Covered There were 548 column inches in the 47 news stories devoted to the activities of international organizations. The lion's share of the coverage went to the OAU and the United Nations (UN). The activities of ...
Festus Eribo, 2001
6
The Bare Bones Introduction to Integrated Marketing ...
Newspaper space is measured from side to side in column inches, a system of measurement based on the width of a column of typeset copy plus the gutter. Width in a standard paper is measured in 2 1/16-inch (i.e., one-column) increments, ...
Robyn Blakeman, 2009
7
Photography: The Art of Success
The confusing partis that newspapersusepointsand picas for widthand common inchesfor heightand callthem both “inches”or“column inches” whenthey are not, infact, normal inches. The problem is these termshavebeen around foreverandfor  ...
Chuck Groot, 2008
8
Contemporary Editing
Column inches. Standard for measuring depth. Newspaper column sizes do vary, but the standard way of measuring the length of stories is to count how many inches the text takes up in a column. • Column width. Width ofa single column.
Cecilia Friend, Don Challenger, 2013
9
Senior Living Communities: Operations Management and ...
There is no question regarding the sheer column inches devoted to the debates and the court-martial, but the papers themselves were very much aware that they played a generative role in the crisis.12 Here is the loyalist Morning Post's ...
Benjamin W. Pearce, 2010
10
The Wiley Engineer's Desk Reference: A Concise Guide for the ...
EulerEs formula for the ultimate average intensity of stress (/) on a column / inches in length, with a least radius of gyration of r inches and of material of E pounds/inch2 modulus of elasticity. / should not exceed the elastic limit. ((2 -I pounds ...
Sanford I. Heisler, 1998

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «COLUMN INCHES»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term column inches is used in the context of the following news items.
1
The return of Helen Demidenko: from literary hoaxer to political …
Aside from anything else, the newspapers in the early 1990s devoted far more column inches to the novel than media outlets would today. «The Guardian, Jul 15»
2
The Punt: ISME kindly tries to banish Greek blues with good news
He points out that as Greece is dominating the news agenda, it's increasingly difficult for good news (and ISME news) to get column inches. «Irish Independent, Jul 15»
3
Laird hoping for links effect in Scottish Open
Laird is not one to concern himself with column inches, of course, but the 32-year-old is well aware that the last 18 months have been far from ... «Herald Scotland, Jul 15»
4
M&S can't give up on clothes just yet
'These pieces rarely have the distribution or stock to be able to deliver anything more than column inches.' Bolland has the unenviable task of ... «Management Today, Jul 15»
5
Hull City transfer talk: Ryan Taylor a City target, Aluko tells of …
The thorny issue has made column inches in the national press with yesterday's Sun claiming that the Premier League were backing the club's ... «Hull Daily Mail, Jul 15»
6
Elliott's numbers game is working
Elliott will dominate a lot of column inches in the depths of winter when the days are short and jump racing is at its finest, but he hasn't ... «Herald, Jul 15»
7
Gay Marriage Could Threaten Australian Cattle Trade, Warns Minister
Politicians have been debating same-sex marriage, with a Private Member's Bill taking cross party sponsorship and column inches in Australia. «TheCattleSite, Jul 15»
8
Leigh Curtis column: Notts County have been a fascinating club to …
The Dutch press has apparently been full of column inches regarding the world's oldest professional league club following their recruitment of ... «Nottingham Post, Jul 15»
9
When we blame tech for everything, capitalism gets off the hook
Worth at least a few column inches, it can be used to quickly whip up some outraged commentary, backed perhaps by some cherry-picked ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
10
China is in bubble trouble
That may seem a big call given all the column inches devoted to Greece, but suffice it to say the number one lesson to all investors is that ... «Business Spectator, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Column inches [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/column-inches>. Apr 2024 ».
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