correspondent

adjective

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cor·re·spon·dent | \ ˌkȯr-ə-ˈspän-dənt

, ˌkär- \

Definition of correspondent

(Entry 1 of 2)

1 : corresponding

2 : fitting, conforming —used with with or to The outcome was entirely correspondent with my wishes.

correspondent

noun

Definition of correspondent (Entry 2 of 2)

1a : 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 (such as a newspaper) or a radio or television network often from a distant place a war correspondent

2 : something that corresponds

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Examples of correspondent in a Sentence

Adjective reading and writing are actually correspondent activities Noun When writing to business correspondents, use a formal tone. a correspondent in the Middle East bureau just filed a new report on the coup

Recent Examples on the Web: Noun Victoria Kim is a correspondent based at The New York Times’s Asia hub in Seoul. — Yael Martínez, New York Times, 21 Sep. 2022 Michael George is a correspondent for CBS Newspath based in New York City. — Michael George, CBS News, 17 Sep. 2022 From 1982 to 1986, Mankiewicz was a correspondent with ABC News. — Dateline Nbc, NBC News, 12 Sep. 2022 Samantha Young is a senior correspondent for Kaiser Health News, where this story first appeared. — Samantha Young, San Francisco Chronicle, 24 Aug. 2022 Robinson has served as a wine columnist and critic for numerous publications, and has been a correspondent for the Financial Times, since 1990. — Norman Vanamee, Town & Country, 23 June 2022 Cameraman Pierre Zakrzewski, Fox correspondent Trey Yingst and Oleksandra ‘Sasha’ Kuvshynova, a consultant for the network, reporting in Ukraine. — Benjamin Mullin, WSJ, 28 Mar. 2022 Collins will serve as co-anchor and chief correspondent for the show. — Stephen Battagliostaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2022 Shelley Murphy, Travis Andersen, and Spencer Buell of the Globe staff and correspondent Daniel Kool contributed to this report. — Shannon Larson, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Sep. 2022 See More

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History and Etymology for correspondent

Adjective

Middle English, from Middle French or Medieval Latin; Middle French, from Medieval Latin correspondent-, correspondens, present participle of correspondēre — see correspond

Noun

see correspond