reporter
Pluralreporters
- 1A person who finds out the news and shares it on TV, radio, or in newspapers.
Like a person who watches what happens and then tells everyone the story.
The reporter asked the mayor several questions after the meeting.
Two reporters waited outside the courthouse all day.
Similarjournalist, correspondent
- 2A person or thing that gives information about something that has happened.
Like a friend who tells you everything that happened while you were away.
She was the first reporter of the accident, calling for help right away.
The app acts as a reporter, sending an alert whenever the temperature changes.
Similarinformant, chronicler, narrator, source
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- 3A person whose job is to write down and publish the official record of what happens in courts or government meetings.
Like someone who writes down every word so there is a true record to read later.
The reporter read back the witness's exact words to the judge.
Court reporters typed every word spoken during the long trial.
Similarstenographer, recorder, transcriber
- 4A book that holds printed court decisions from the courts of one area.
Like a big book that collects many court decisions in one place.
The lawyer pulled a heavy reporter from the shelf to find the case.
Old reporters lined the walls of the law library.
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- 5A gene that scientists attach to another gene so they can see if that gene is turned on.
Like a light that turns on to show when something else is working.
The reporter glowed green, showing that the cells had taken up the new gene.
Researchers chose a reporter that makes light so they could watch the gene at work.
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Origin
It comes from Old French and Middle English, and is made from "report" plus "-er".