correspondent

  • 11correspondent — 1 noun (C) 1 someone who is employed by a newspaper or a television station etc to report news from a particular area or on a particular subject: Our correspondent in South Africa sent this report. | the political correspondent for The Times 2… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 12correspondent — noun reporter ADJECTIVE ▪ network (AmE), news, newspaper, television, TV ▪ business, media, political, science …

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  • 13correspondent — Synonyms and related words: accordant, accused, addressee, affirmative, agreeable, agreeing, alike, all one, all the same, ally, alter ego, analogon, analogous, analogue, answerable, answering, associate, at one, automatic, balanced, brother,… …

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  • 14correspondent — cor|re|spon|dent [ˌkɔrıˈspɔndənt US ˌko:rıˈspa:n , ˌka: ] n 1.) someone who is employed by a newspaper or a television station etc to report news from a particular area or on a particular subject →↑reporter political/foreign/legal etc… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 15correspondent — I. adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French or Medieval Latin; Middle French, from Medieval Latin correspondent , correspondens, present participle of correspondēre Date: 15th century 1. corresponding 2. fitting, conforming used… …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 16correspondent — n. a foreign; special; war correspondent * * * [ˌkɒrɪ spɒnd(ə)nt] special war correspondent war correspondent a foreign …

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  • 17correspondent — I UK [ˌkɒrɪˈspɒndənt] / US [ˌkɔrəˈspɑndənt] noun [countable] Word forms correspondent : singular correspondent plural correspondents ** 1) a newspaper or television reporter, especially one who deals with a particular subject or area a special… …

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  • 18correspondent — cor|re|spon|dent1 [ ,kɔrə spandənt ] noun count ** 1. ) a newspaper or television reporter, especially one who deals with a particular subject or area: CNN senior Washington correspondent Charles Bierbauer 2. ) someone who regularly writes… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 19correspondent — [[t]kɒ̱rɪspɒ̱ndənt, AM kɔ͟ːr [/t]] ♦♦ correspondents N COUNT A correspondent is a newspaper or television journalist, especially one who specializes in a particular type of news. As our Diplomatic Correspondent Mark Brayne reports, the president… …

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  • 20correspondent — n 1. letter writer, pen pal; (both by letter) writer, communicator. 2. reporter, Inf. leg man; Journalism. stringer or string correspondent, Journalism. staffer, (by letter) contributor; foreign or special or war correspondent; journalist,… …

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