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correspondent Definition

cor·re·spond·ent (-spän′dənt)

adjective

corresponding; agreeing; matching; analogous

Etymology: ME < ML correspondens, prp. of correspondere, correspond

noun

  1. a thing that corresponds; correlate
    1. a person who exchanges letters with another
    2. a person who writes to a magazine or newspaper, expressing an opinion, as on public affairs
  3. a person hired by a newspaper, radio or television network, etc. to furnish news, articles, newscast segments, etc. of a certain type or from a distant place
  4. a person or firm acting for, or having regular business relations with, another at a distance

correspondent Synonyms

correspondent

n.

  1. One who sends or receives letters

    letter writer, friend, acquaintance, pen pal, addressee.

  2. One who writes for journals

    journalist, contributor, stringer; see reporter, writer.

correspondent Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • accredit: There is also a full list of accredited women correspondents employed during the war.
  • embed: Ned Parker is an AFP correspondent embedded with US forces.
  • motor: Don't miss our surprise top TV motoring correspondent opening our show at midday on Saturday.
  • inform: In both situations, the body to which the correspondence was originally addressed will inform the correspondent of the action taken.
  • locate: The news organization has a staff of 200 in Washington, D.C. , and 16 correspondents located around the world.
  • appoint: The regular affiliate members are invited to appoint a correspondent for each SC.

Preposition: for

newspaper: In addition to his political activities, he served as a correspondent for several midwestern newspapers.

Adjective modifier

  • foreign: John Reed was perhaps the best foreign correspondent who ever lived.
  • diplomatic: A Paul Adams Paul Adams became the BBC's chief diplomatic correspondent for News 24 in October 2004.
  • anonymous: Anonymous correspondent " TL " followed Andrew Brice's poetic example and wrote the following: " Grecians forsooth!
  • veteran: Murray Sayle is a veteran foreign correspondent who has been living in Japan.
  • chief: A Paul Adams Paul Adams became the BBC's chief diplomatic correspondent for News 24 in October 2004.
  • political: These are two of the alarming facts pointed out by Jonathan Oliver, political correspondent of the Mail on Sunday in a recent article.

Modifies a noun

bank: International settlements include a long list of correspondent banks, quick service.

Noun used with modifier

  • media: Cathy joined the FT from the Independent, where she was media business correspondent.
  • lobby: Very few lobby correspondents earn that kind of money.
  • war: Twenty of these were in the field with war correspondents.
  • affair: She is the consumer affairs correspondent for BBC 2's Working Lunch.
  • economics: And nobody has dared to seriously challenge it. · William Keegan is the Observer's senior economics correspondent.
  • gardening: They intend to provide: Their gardening correspondent as a judge.