correspondent
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adjective \ˌkȯr-ə-ˈspän-dənt, ˌkär-\Definition of CORRESPONDENT
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: fitting, conforming —used with with or to <the outcome was entirely correspondent with my wishes>
See Examples of CORRESPONDENT
- <reading and writing are actually correspondent activities>
Origin of CORRESPONDENT
Middle English, from Middle French or Medieval Latin; Middle French, from Medieval Latin correspondent-, correspondens, present participle of correspondēre
First Known Use: 15th century
Related to CORRESPONDENT
- Synonyms
- akin, analogous, cognate, comparable, connate, alike, corresponding, ditto, like, matching, parallel, resemblant, resembling, similar, such, suchlike
- Antonyms
- different, dissimilar, diverse, unakin, unlike
Rhymes with CORRESPONDENT
2correspondent
nounDefinition of CORRESPONDENT
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a : one who communicates with another by letter b : one who has regular commercial relations with another c : one who contributes news or commentary to a publication (as a newspaper) or a radio or television network often from a distant place <a war correspondent>
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: something that corresponds
Examples of CORRESPONDENT
- When writing to business correspondents, use a formal tone.
- <a correspondent in the Middle East bureau just filed a new report on the coup>
First Known Use of CORRESPONDENT
circa 1630
Related to CORRESPONDENT
- Synonyms
- reporter, intelligencer, journalist, newshound, newsman, newsperson, pressman [British]
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