Meaning & use
leaflet
A printed sheet of paper, often folded, that gives information and is usually distributed free.
See it in a sentence
A volunteer handed out leaflets about the upcoming community cleanup event.
The clinic printed leaflets explaining the symptoms of the illness in several languages.
A note on using this word
As a verb, to leaflet an area means to distribute leaflets there, as in political campaigns leafleting a neighborhood.
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Another way to use it
2. verb
To distribute leaflets, especially throughout an area or to a large group of people.
Volunteers leafleted the entire neighborhood before the town hall meeting.
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