correspondent

/,kɔris'pɔndənt/
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correspondent

A foreign correspondent files a report from a bustling city square.

Definition

  1. Noun:

    • A journalist who reports on news from a particular place or on a specific subject: A person employed by a news organization to gather and report news, often from a remote location or a specialized field.
    • A person who writes letters to another: Someone who exchanges letters with another person, typically on a regular basis.

  2. Adjective:

    • Similar or equivalent in some respects; analogous: Having a close similarity, relation, or correspondence to something else.
Usage Examples
  • Noun (Journalist):
    • The newspaper's foreign correspondent filed a report from the capital.
    • She worked as a war correspondent for several years.
  • Noun (Letter Writer):
    • They were regular correspondents for over a decade, sharing their lives through letters.
  • Adjective:
    • The increase in profit was correspondent with the rise in sales.
    • His actions were not correspondent to his promises.
Advanced Usage
  • "Special correspondent": A journalist with expertise in a specific area (e.g., economics, science) who provides in-depth reports.
    • The network's special correspondent on climate change will host the documentary.
  • "To be correspondent with/to something": To be in agreement or harmony with something; to match.
    • The final results were correspondent with the initial predictions.
Variants and Related Words
  • Correspondence (n): 1. Communication by exchanging letters. 2. A close similarity, connection, or equivalence.
    • They kept up a lifelong correspondence.
    • There is a clear correspondence between the two theories.
  • Correspond (v): 1. To communicate by exchange of letters. 2. To be in agreement, harmony, or conformity.
    • We correspond via email.
    • The witness's account corresponds with the evidence.
Synonyms
  • Noun (Journalist): Reporter, journalist, newscaster, stringer.
  • Noun (Letter Writer): Pen pal, letter writer.
  • Adjective: Analogous, equivalent, comparable, matching, commensurate.
Related Phrases
  • Foreign correspondent: A journalist stationed in a foreign country to report news from there.
    • The foreign correspondent provided live updates from the summit.
  • Chief correspondent: The senior or lead reporter for a news organization on a particular subject or in a specific region.
    • He was promoted to chief correspondent for European affairs.
Idioms
  • No direct idioms are commonly formed with the single word "correspondent."
correspondent

A foreign correspondent files a report from a bustling city square.

Adjective
  1. similar or equivalent in some respects though otherwise dissimilar
    • brains and computers are often considered analogous
    • salmon roe is marketed as analogous to caviar
Noun
  1. a journalist employed to provide news stories for newspapers or broadcast media
  2. someone who communicates by means of letters

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