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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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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.correspondent - someone who communicates by means of letterscorrespondent - someone who communicates by means of letters
communicator - a person who communicates with others
pen pal, pen-friend - a person you come to know by frequent friendly correspondence
2.correspondent - a journalist employed to provide news stories for newspapers or broadcast mediacorrespondent - a journalist employed to provide news stories for newspapers or broadcast media
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

noun
Something closely resembling or analogous to something else:
adjective
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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 mf
I'm a hopeless correspondentsoy muy mala para escribir cartas
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correspondent

[ˌkɒrɪˈspɒndənt] n
(= journalist) → correspondant(e) m/f
our foreign correspondent → notre correspondant à l'étranger
(= letter writer) → correspondant(e) m/f
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

correspondent

n
(= letter-writer)Briefschreiber(in) m(f); to be a good/bad correspondentein eifriger Briefschreiber sein/schreibfaul sein; according to my correspondentwie man mir geschrieben hat
(Press) → Korrespondent(in) m(f)
(Comm) → Entsprechung f, → Gegenstück nt
adjentsprechend
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] ncorrispondente m/f
foreign correspondent (Press) → corrispondente dall'estero
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

correspond

(korəˈspond) verb
1. (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 noun
1. agreement; similarity or likeness.
2. (communication by) letters. I must deal with that (big pile of) correspondence.
ˌcorreˈspondent noun
1. 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
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