English Explanatory Dictionary

correspondent

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Corresponding; suitable; adapted; congruous.
  2. Conforming; obedient.
noun
  1. Something which corresponds with something else; counterpart.
  2. Someone who communicates with another person, or a publication, by writing.
  3. A journalist who sends reports back to a newspaper or radio or television station from a distant or overseas location.

Pronunciation

/ˌkɒɹ.ɪˈspɒn.dənt/ /ˌkɔɹ.ɪˈspɑn.dənt/ En-us-correspondent.ogg /ˌkɔɹ.ɪˈspɔn.dənt/ /kərəsˈpɔɳɖəɳʈ/

Word forms

correspondent more correspondent most correspondent correspondents

Etymology

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

Synonyms

correspondent equivalent indistinguishable tantamount

Related words

great minds think alike agreeable dependent simultaneous corespondent

Derived words

correspondential correspondently correspondentship discorrespondent foreign correspondent lobby correspondent news correspondent noncorrespondent tapespondent uncorrespondent war correspondent

Translations

Dutch: correspondent Hungarian: levelező Italian: corrispondente Manx: co-screeuder Russian: корреспонде́нт Scottish Gaelic: sgrìobhaiche Volapük: spodan Welsh: gohebydd
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