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noun tall stone post ADJ. huge, tall | fluted colonnades of fluted Doric columns | classical | Corinthian, Doric, Ionic COLUMN + VERB support sth The roof is supported by four huge columns. piece of writing in a newspaper ADJ. regular He has a regular column in a weekly newspaper. | daily, weekly, etc. | newspaper | agony, correspondence, death, editorial, financial, gossip, leader, letters, lonely hearts (= with advertisements for a new lover or friend), obituary, personal, travel VERB + COLUMN have, write | syndicate COLUMN + NOUN inches So many column inches are devoted to film stars. PREP. in a/the ~ She saw his name in an obituary column. | ~ about/on a weekly column on films showing in London long line of people, vehicles, etc. ADJ. huge, long | armoured, tank | marching PREP. in ~s to march in columns | ~ of a column of troops PHRASES the head of the column
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column
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + column
a newspaper column
• He’s the writer of a weekly newspaper column.
a weekly/daily/monthly column
• Her daily column covered a wide range of topics.
a regular column
• His views were well-known from his regular column in The Spectator magazine.
a gossip column
(= one about the private lives of famous people )
• She was upset by an item in the Washington Times gossip column.
an editorial column
(= that expresses the opinion of a newspaper editor )
• the Financial Times editorial column
a financial column
• He wrote a financial column for the evening newspaper.
a correspondence/letters column
(= that prints some of the letters a newspaper receives )
• Thousands of letters poured in to the correspondence column.
an obituary column
(= about the life of someone who has just died )
• I spotted Stephenson's name in the obituary column.
the personal column
British English (= in which people can have personal messages printed )
• I put a small advertisement in the personal column of the paper.
an agony column
British English (= that gives advice to readers about personal problems )
• Romantic relationships are much discussed in all the agony columns.
a lonely hearts column
British English (= with advertisements for a new lover or friend )
• Some men place advertisements in the lonely hearts columns.
verbs
write a column
• He writes a column on gardening for the Daily News.
have a column
(= write one )
• Lynch had a weekly column in a Sydney newspaper.
column + NOUN
column inches
(= space in a newspaper or magazine )
• Many column inches have recently been devoted to the troubled pop star.
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