Correspondent

//ˌkɒɹ.ɪˈspɒn.dənt// adj, noun

adj, noun ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Something which corresponds with something else; counterpart.

    "Both kála and kalánka have widespread correspondents in the western Mediterranean Romance languages."

  2. 2
    someone who communicates by means of letters wordnet
  3. 3
    Someone who communicates with another person, or a publication, by writing.
  4. 4
    a journalist employed to provide news stories for newspapers or broadcast media wordnet
  5. 5
    A journalist who sends reports back to a newspaper or radio or television station from a distant or overseas location.
Adjective
  1. 1
    Corresponding; suitable; adapted; congruous.

    "Action correspondent or repugnant unto the law."

  2. 2
    Conforming; obedient.

    "ARIEL: Pardon, master: / I will be correspondent to command, / And do my spriting gently."

Adjective
  1. 1
    similar or equivalent in some respects though otherwise dissimilar wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
accordantaccusedaddresseeadequateaffirmativeagreeable

Example

More examples

"The correspondent filed a report from Moscow."

Etymology

From Latin, via Middle French or directly, from Medieval Latin correspondēns, present participle of correspondeō.

Related phrases

foreign correspondentlobby correspondentnews correspondentwar correspondentfancy termforeign placesnews personnews reporterwar news

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