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HANDOUT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Giving money or food or clothing to a needy person
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("handout" is a kind of...):
charity (an activity or gift that benefits the public at large)
Sense 2
Meaning:
An announcement distributed to members of the press in order to supplement or replace an oral presentation
Synonyms:
handout; press release; release
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("handout" is a kind of...):
announcement; promulgation (a public statement containing information about an event that has happened or is going to happen)
