correspondent
Americannoun
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a person who communicates by letters.
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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.
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a person who contributes a letter or letters to a newspaper, magazine, etc.
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a person or firm that has regular business relations with another, especially at a distance.
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a thing that corresponds to something else.
adjective
noun
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a person who communicates by letter or by letters
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a person employed by a newspaper, etc, to report on a special subject or to send reports from a foreign country
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a person or firm that has regular business relations with another, esp one in a different part of the country or abroad
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something that corresponds to another
adjective
Other Word Forms
- correspondently adverb
- noncorrespondent adjective
- precorrespondent adjective
Etymology
Origin of correspondent
1375–1425; late Middle English < Medieval Latin corrēspondent- (stem of corrēspondēns ), present participle of corrēspondēre to correspond; -ent
Example Sentences
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Simon Calder, travel correspondent at The Independent, said those travelling to and from the area would have to wait until it was safe due to the closure of airspace.
From BBC
AFP reporters also heard fresh blasts in Dubai, Bahrain's capital Manama and Qatar -- where AFP correspondents saw thick black smoke rising on the clear morning horizon in the south of Doha.
From Barron's
An AFP correspondent saw a police car deployed at the entrance of the hotel, which is blocked to pedestrians and vehicles.
From Barron's
"This is going to shuffle the deck in a profound way," he told ABC News correspondent Jonathan Karl.
From Barron's
The BBC's State Department correspondent Tom Bateman and Washington correspondent Daniel Bush break down the president's words line by line to explain how he is justifying the action and assess the risks ahead.
From BBC
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