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correspondent

[ kawr-uh-spon-duhnt, kor- ]

noun

  1. a person who communicates by letters.
  2. a person employed by a news agency, periodical, television network, etc., to gather, report, or contribute news, articles, and the like regularly from a distant place.
  3. a person who contributes a letter or letters to a newspaper, magazine, etc.
  4. a person or firm that has regular business relations with another, especially at a distance.
  5. a thing that corresponds to something else.


adjective

  1. consistent, similar, or analogous; corresponding. correspond.

correspondent

/ ˌɒɪˈɒԻəԳ /

noun

  1. a person who communicates by letter or by letters
  2. a person employed by a newspaper, etc, to report on a special subject or to send reports from a foreign country
  3. a person or firm that has regular business relations with another, esp one in a different part of the country or abroad
  4. something that corresponds to another
“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

adjective

  1. similar or analogous
“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
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • ǰr·DzԻIJԳ· adverb
  • ԴDzcǰ··DzԻIJԳ adjective noun
  • cǰ··DzԻIJԳ adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of correspondent1

1375–1425; late Middle English < Medieval Latin ǰŧDzԻԳ- (stem of ǰŧDzԻŧԲ ), present participle of ǰŧDzԻŧ to correspond; -ent
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Example Sentences

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Our correspondents have been answering your questions about what this means and the impact it could have.

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However, Trump is taking an enormous risk upon which he is staking his presidency, our North America correspondent Anthony Zurcher writes.

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Then Ruffin said she had to run because she had to return the dress she planned to wear to the correspondents dinner.

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It is unclear whether Trump will be attending this year's correspondents' dinner.

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Tate called the BBC correspondent "a nobody" before being driven away.

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