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correspondent
one who communicates through letters; one employed by a news agency to supply news or articles from a remote location
Not to be confused with:
corespondent – a person charged with committing adultery with the defendant in a divorce suit
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cor·re·spon·dent
(kôr′ĭ-spŏn′dənt, kŏr′-)n.
1. One who communicates by means of letters, emails, or other forms of written messages.
2. One employed by the print or broadcast media to supply news stories or articles: a foreign correspondent.
3. One that has regular business dealings with another, especially at a distance.
4. Something that corresponds; a correlative.
adj.
Corresponding.
cor′re·spon′dent·ly adv.
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correspondent
(ˌkɒrɪˈspɒndənt)n
1. (Communications & Information) a person who communicates by letter or by letters
2. (Journalism & Publishing) a person employed by a newspaper, etc, to report on a special subject or to send reports from a foreign country
3. (Commerce) 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
adj
similar or analogous
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cor•re•spond•ent
(ˌkɔr əˈspɒn dənt, ˌkɒr-)n.
1. a person who communicates by letters.
2. a person employed by a newspaper, television network, etc., to gather and report news regularly from a distant place.
3. a thing that corresponds to something else.
adj. 4. consistent, similar, or analogous; corresponding.
[1375–1425; < Medieval Latin]
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Noun | 1. | ![]() communicator - a person who communicates with others pen pal, pen-friend - a person you come to know by frequent friendly correspondence |
2. | ![]() foreign correspondent - a journalist who sends news reports and commentary from a foreign country for publication or broadcast journalist - a writer for newspapers and magazines war correspondent - a journalist who sends news reports and commentary from a combat zone or place of battle for publication or broadcast | |
Adj. | 1. | correspondent - similar or equivalent in some respects though otherwise dissimilar; "brains and computers are often considered analogous"; "salmon roe is marketed as analogous to caviar" similar - marked by correspondence or resemblance; "similar food at similar prices"; "problems similar to mine"; "they wore similar coats" |
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correspondent
noun
1. reporter, journalist, contributor, special correspondent, journo (slang), hack, hackette (derogatory) Here is a special report from our Europe correspondent.
2. letter writer, pen friend or pen pal He wasn't a good correspondent and only wrote to me once a year.
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correspondent
nounSomething closely resembling or analogous to something else:
In keeping with one's needs or expectations:
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Translations
مُتراسَل مَعَـهمُرَاسِلمُراسِل جَريدَه
dopisovatelkorespondentzpravodaj
korrespondentbrevven
kirjeenvaihtaja
dopisnik
levelezõtudósító
fréttaritarisá sem staîiî er í bréfaskiptum viî
通信員
특파원
dopisovateľkorešpondent
korrespondent
นักข่าว
muhabiryazışılan kimse
phóng viên
correspondent
[ˌkɒrɪsˈpɒndənt] N (Press) → corresponsal mf; (= letter-writer) → corresponsal mfI'm a hopeless correspondent → soy muy mala para escribir cartas
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
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correspondent
n
(= letter-writer) → Briefschreiber(in) m(f); to be a good/bad correspondent → ein eifriger Briefschreiber sein/schreibfaul sein; according to my correspondent → wie man mir geschrieben hat
(Press) → Korrespondent(in) m(f)
(Comm) → Entsprechung f, → Gegenstück nt
adj → entsprechend
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
correspondent
[ˌkɒrɪsˈpɒndənt] n → corrispondente m/fforeign correspondent (Press) → corrispondente dall'estero
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
correspond
(korəˈspond) verb1. (with to) to be similar; to match. A bird's wing corresponds to the arm and hand in humans.
2. (with with) to be in agreement with; to match.
3. to communicate by letter (with). Do they often correspond (with each other)?
ˌcorreˈspondence noun1. agreement; similarity or likeness.
2. (communication by) letters. I must deal with that (big pile of) correspondence.
ˌcorreˈspondent noun1. a person with whom one exchanges letters. He has correspondents all over the world.
2. a person who contributes news to a newspaper etc. He's foreign correspondent for `The Times'.
ˌcorreˈsponding adjective similar, matching. The rainfall this month is not as high as for the corresponding month last year.
correspondence course a course of lessons by post. a correspondence course in accountancy.
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correspondent
→ مُرَاسِل dopisovatel korrespondent Briefschreiber επιστολογράφος corresponsal kirjeenvaihtaja correspondant dopisnik corrispondente 通信員 특파원 correspondent korrespondent korespondent correspondente корреспондент korrespondent นักข่าว muhabir phóng viên 记者Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009