Ream
noun
A large amount of something, especially paper.
I have a ream of paperwork to go through before the meeting.
Often appears as...
- ream of paper
- ream of printouts
noun
A measure of paper, equal to 500 sheets.
I bought a ream of paper for the printer.
Often appears as...
- ream of paper
- box of reams
Usage tips
Technical
verb
Enlarge a hole or bore with a reamer; make a hole wider or smoother.
He reamed the hole to make it bigger.
Often appears as...
- ream a hole
- ream out
Usage tips
Technical
verb
To scold or criticize someone severely.
The coach reamed out the team for their poor performance.
Often appears as...
- ream out
- ream someone out
Usage tips
Informal, Disapproving
Colloquial
noun
A ancient tool used for shaping or smoothing the inside of a hole.
The carpenter used a ream to make the hole smoother.
Often appears as...
- wooden ream
- metal ream
Usage tips
Technical
noun
A large amount of something, especially paper.
I have a ream of paperwork to go through before the meeting.
Often appears as...
- ream of paper
- ream of printouts
noun
A measure of paper, equal to 500 sheets.
I bought a ream of paper for the printer.
Often appears as...
- ream of paper
- box of reams
Usage tips
Technical
verb
Enlarge a hole or bore with a reamer; make a hole wider or smoother.
He reamed the hole to make it bigger.
Often appears as...
- ream a hole
- ream out
Usage tips
Technical
verb
To scold or criticize someone severely.
The coach reamed out the team for their poor performance.
Often appears as...
- ream out
- ream someone out
Usage tips
Informal, Disapproving
Colloquial
noun
A ancient tool used for shaping or smoothing the inside of a hole.
The carpenter used a ream to make the hole smoother.
Often appears as...
- wooden ream
- metal ream
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 5
Pro Tip 1/2Figurative Use
The word 'ream' can represent a large, unspecified amount of work or material.
She brought back a ream of brochures from the travel fair.
Pro Tip 2/2Not Always Literal
'Ream' does not always mean exactly 500 sheets and can imply just a lot of something.
With a ream of issues to address, the council met overnight.
Pro Tip 1/2Figurative Use
The word 'ream' can represent a large, unspecified amount of work or material.
She brought back a ream of brochures from the travel fair.
Pro Tip 2/2Not Always Literal
'Ream' does not always mean exactly 500 sheets and can imply just a lot of something.
With a ream of issues to address, the council met overnight.
Pro Tip 1/2Figurative Use
The word 'ream' can represent a large, unspecified amount of work or material.
She brought back a ream of brochures from the travel fair.
Pro Tip 2/2Not Always Literal
'Ream' does not always mean exactly 500 sheets and can imply just a lot of something.
With a ream of issues to address, the council met overnight.
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Video examples
Abha Dawesar: Life in...
but the smallest measure, the moment, has shrunk. It has shrunk because our instruments enable us in part to measure smaller and smaller units of time, and this in turn has given us a more granular understanding of the material world, and this granular understanding has generated reams of data
Video examples
How big is a mole? (Not...
and ask for 43 slices of salami, you buy your salami by the pound. When you buy your eggs, you buy a dozen eggs. When we hear the word dozen, we probably think of the number 12. We also know that a pair is two, a baker's dozen is 13, a gross is 144, and a ream of paper is - anybody?
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Safari Live - Day 329 PIPE...
it looks like the you know the male's clearly aren't doing anything to help clear up she's got to do all the work and basically she just let it all go and so it's not nearly as symmetrical and there's always muck about it and the web is repaired rather than ream
Video examples
Abha Dawesar: Life in...
but the smallest measure, the moment, has shrunk. It has shrunk because our instruments enable us in part to measure smaller and smaller units of time, and this in turn has given us a more granular understanding of the material world, and this granular understanding has generated reams of data
Video examples
How big is a mole? (Not...
and ask for 43 slices of salami, you buy your salami by the pound. When you buy your eggs, you buy a dozen eggs. When we hear the word dozen, we probably think of the number 12. We also know that a pair is two, a baker's dozen is 13, a gross is 144, and a ream of paper is - anybody?
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 329 PIPE...
it looks like the you know the male's clearly aren't doing anything to help clear up she's got to do all the work and basically she just let it all go and so it's not nearly as symmetrical and there's always muck about it and the web is repaired rather than ream
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Quote examples
Tim Jackson
British Economist
Productivity - the amount of output delivered per hour of work in the economy - is often viewed as the engine of progress in modern capitalist economies. Output is everything. Time is money. The quest for increased productivity occupies reams of academic literature and haunts the waking hours of C.E.O.s and finance ministers.
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James Surowiecki
American Journalist
To be sure, if you watch CNBC all day long you'll pick up some interesting news about particular companies and the economy as a whole. Unfortunately, to get to the useful information, you have to wade through reams of useless stuff, with little guidance on how to distinguish between the two.
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Patrick Nielsen Hayden
American Editor
In my own life, I've seen myself ramping up the amount of text I consume digitally. For me, it's the weight and inconvenience issue - I want anything that will spare me having to carry around reams of paper.
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Anne Tyler
American Novelist
I'll write maybe one long paragraph describing the events, then a page or two breaking the events into chapters, and then reams of pages delving into my characters. After that, I'm ready to begin.
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Delilah
British Musician
You know how most kids have posters of sports heroes on their walls? They gave me reams of the old news copy, and I had those taped in my bedroom. And I would practice reading the news.
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Priti Patel
British Politician
The truth is that the E.U. constrains us in all manner of ways and throws reams of red tape around British businesses.
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Ruth Ozeki
Canadian Novelist
It costs so much to make films. With a novel, you can write the whole thing on a ream of paper from Staples for $4.
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John McDonnell
British Politician
Producing more reams of detailed policies that have marginal and limited effects on our society is futile.
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Bryan Lee O'Malley
Canadian Cartoonist
I've had so many little ideas I've written down here and there. Some ideas I've got reams of notes for.
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Frank Peretti
American Author
I'm a very methodical writer. Before computers, I used reams of paper and stacks of index cards.
Quote examples
Tim Jackson
British Economist
Productivity - the amount of output delivered per hour of work in the economy - is often viewed as the engine of progress in modern capitalist economies. Output is everything. Time is money. The quest for increased productivity occupies reams of academic literature and haunts the waking hours of C.E.O.s and finance ministers.
Quote examples
James Surowiecki
American Journalist
To be sure, if you watch CNBC all day long you'll pick up some interesting news about particular companies and the economy as a whole. Unfortunately, to get to the useful information, you have to wade through reams of useless stuff, with little guidance on how to distinguish between the two.
Quote examples
Patrick Nielsen Hayden
American Editor
In my own life, I've seen myself ramping up the amount of text I consume digitally. For me, it's the weight and inconvenience issue - I want anything that will spare me having to carry around reams of paper.
Quote examples
Anne Tyler
American Novelist
I'll write maybe one long paragraph describing the events, then a page or two breaking the events into chapters, and then reams of pages delving into my characters. After that, I'm ready to begin.
Quote examples
Delilah
British Musician
You know how most kids have posters of sports heroes on their walls? They gave me reams of the old news copy, and I had those taped in my bedroom. And I would practice reading the news.
Quote examples
Priti Patel
British Politician
The truth is that the E.U. constrains us in all manner of ways and throws reams of red tape around British businesses.
Quote examples
Ruth Ozeki
Canadian Novelist
It costs so much to make films. With a novel, you can write the whole thing on a ream of paper from Staples for $4.
Quote examples
John McDonnell
British Politician
Producing more reams of detailed policies that have marginal and limited effects on our society is futile.
Quote examples
Bryan Lee O'Malley
Canadian Cartoonist
I've had so many little ideas I've written down here and there. Some ideas I've got reams of notes for.
Quote examples
Frank Peretti
American Author
I'm a very methodical writer. Before computers, I used reams of paper and stacks of index cards.
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