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leaflet

[ leef-lit ]

noun

  1. a small flat or folded sheet of printed matter, as an advertisement or notice, usually intended for free distribution.
  2. one of the separate blades or divisions of a compound leaf.
  3. a small leaflike part or structure.
  4. a small or young leaf.


verb (used with object)

leafleted or leafletted, leafleting or leafletting.
  1. to distribute leaflets or handbills to or among:

    Campaign workers leafleted shoppers at the mall.

verb (used without object)

leafleted or leafletted, leafleting or leafletting.
  1. to distribute leaflets.

leaflet

/ ˈːڱɪ /

noun

  1. a printed and usually folded sheet of paper for distribution, usually free and containing advertising material or information about a political party, charity, etc
  2. any of the subdivisions of a compound leaf such as a fern leaf
  3. (loosely) any small leaf or leaflike part
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. to distribute printed leaflets (to)

    they leafleted every flat in the area

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

leaflet

/ ŧڱĭ /

  1. A small leaf or leaflike part, especially one of the blades or divisions of a compound leaf.
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ𲹴ڱٱ, noun
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • 𲹴l· 𲹴l·ٱ noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of leaflet1

First recorded in 1780–90; leaf + -let
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Example Sentences

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It comes just weeks after some residents were sent leaflets claiming to be from a loyalist paramilitary organisation.

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"I'm going to have to do a lot of things myself. I'll be doing the get in, the get out, handing out the leaflets," she says.

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In the days that followed, Rhian was aghast that the only bereavement support they had been offered was a leaflet with a list of phone numbers.

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Not to ward off angry voters - she says she doesn't recognise the collapse in Labour's national popularity - but to poke leaflets through letterboxes without being bitten by dogs.

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None of the hordes of Labour MPs elected for the first time in 2024 had taking cash from the worst off on their campaign leaflets or Facebook posts.

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