correspondent
Pluralcorrespondents
Pluralcorrespondents
- 1A reporter who sends news to a newspaper or TV station from far away or another country.
Like a reporter who travels far away and sends the news back home.
The war correspondent sent live updates from the front lines.
She works as a foreign correspondent based in Tokyo.
Similarreporter, journalist
- 2A person who writes letters or messages to someone else.
Like a friend you keep writing letters back and forth with.
My grandmother was a faithful correspondent who wrote to me every week.
He became my regular correspondent after we met online.
- 3A thing that matches or pairs with another thing.
Like one glove that matches the other in a pair.
Each piece in this set has a correspondent in the matching box.
The new map has a correspondent for every road on the old one.
Similarcounterpart, equivalent, parallel, analogue
- 4Matching and well suited to something else.
Like a lid made to fit one exact jar.
Each rise in pay brought a correspondent rise in the workload.
The new plan needs a correspondent change in the schedule.
Similarmatching, consistent, commensurate, proportionate
Oppositeinconsistent
- 5Willing to obey and follow the rules or wishes of others.
Like a soldier who follows every order without question.
The correspondent pupil did everything the teacher asked.
A correspondent servant carried out each order without complaint.
Similarobedient, compliant, submissive, dutiful
Oppositedisobedient, defiant, rebellious
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Origin
From a Latin word 'correspondeō'. It came into English from Latin, possibly through Middle French.