correspondent
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3.5
- noun
- /ˌkɔːrəˈspɒndənt/
:
amigo por correspondencia
- As a foreign correspondent, he covered Cold War politics, Polish solidarity, as well as wars in Bosnia, Chechnya, El Salvador and Afghanistan.
- a foreign correspondent
- a female correspondent
- relationship with his correspondent
Examples
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My correspondent from the small town sends me updates every month about local events.
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Okay, my mystery correspondent, I get it.
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I am the religious correspondent.
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"More information has reached your correspondent..."
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There, she was the correspondent for the Tribune.
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But call up some of those correspondents, ask for some of your old letters back.
Fiction book (2002) -
Until next issue, I remain your faithful correspondent, Harriet M. Welsch.
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No other American woman correspondent, excluding Harriet Beecher Stowe, exchanged as many letters with Eliot.
Fiction book (2001) -
He frequently communicates with his pen pal, who is a correspondent in France.
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As a young correspondent, she enjoyed exchanging letters with writers from different countries.
Synonyms
18
2.9
A person in another country you write letters to and become friends with
9
2.5
A person who writes letters to send messages to other people
A person you write to and know only by letters, often never meeting
Compounds
- Literature
22
5.1
A journalist who lives in another country and reports news there for newspapers or TV at home
- Literature
8
5.3
A journalist who reports news from battle areas for newspapers or TV
How Formal
- UK
146
5.8
- Formal
21
6.1
- Formal
31
3.5
∞
1.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
correspondent = correspond (transparent) = correspond + ent
Formed by the verb 'correspond' plus the agentive/adjectival suffix '-ent', yielding 'a person who corresponds' which matches the given sense.
Etymology
Correspondent comes from Latin parts cor- ('together') and respondere ('to answer') and is like the English verb respond. So a correspondent is someone who 'answers' by writing to another person, which is why the word means a person who regularly exchanges letters.