# correspondent

Pronunciation: say "kor-i-SPON-duhnt" US /ˌkɔɹ.ɪˈspɑn.dənt/, UK /ˌkɒɹ.ɪˈspɒn.dənt/, AUS /ˌkɔɹ.ɪˈspɔn.dənt/

## Noun

1. A reporter who files news stories to a newspaper, radio, or television outlet from a faraway or foreign location.
   - Simple: A reporter who sends news to a newspaper or TV station from far away or another country.
   - _The network's Middle East correspondent broke the story hours before rival outlets._
   - _As a foreign correspondent, she filed dispatches from three continents in a single year._
2. A person who keeps in touch with another individual or a publication through written letters or messages.
   - Simple: A person who writes letters or messages to someone else.
   - _The magazine published a note from a longtime correspondent in rural Idaho._
   - _She proved a diligent correspondent, answering each letter within days._
3. A thing that matches or parallels another; its counterpart.
   - Simple: A thing that matches or pairs with another thing.
   - _Every figure in the ancient ritual has a correspondent in the modern ceremony._
   - _The translator hunted for the exact correspondent of the idiom in English._

## Adjective

4. Matching or fittingly suited to something else; in keeping with it.
   - Simple: Matching and well suited to something else.
   - _An increase in demand produced a correspondent increase in price._
   - _Her conduct stayed correspondent with the standards she preached._
5. Conforming to rules or expectations; obedient and ready to comply.
   - Simple: Willing to obey and follow the rules or wishes of others.
   - _The steward remained correspondent to his master's every wish._
   - _They raised a correspondent child who rarely questioned instructions._

## Origin

From Latin, either through Middle French or directly, from Medieval Latin 'correspondēns', the present participle of 'correspondeō'.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/correspondent (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).