What does correspondent mean?
Definitions for correspondent
ˌkɔr əˈspɒn dənt, ˌkɒr-cor·re·spon·dent
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word correspondent.
Princeton's WordNet
correspondent, letter writernoun
someone who communicates by means of letters
correspondent, newspaperman, newspaperwoman, newswriter, pressmanadjective
a journalist employed to provide news stories for newspapers or broadcast media
analogous, correspondentadjective
similar or equivalent in some respects though otherwise dissimilar
"brains and computers are often considered analogous"; "salmon roe is marketed as analogous to caviar"
Wiktionary
correspondentnoun
Someone who or something which corresponds.
correspondentnoun
A journalist who sends reports to his newspaper or radio or television station from a distant or overseas location.
correspondentadjective
Corresponding.
correspondentadjective
Conforming.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Correspondentadjective
Suitable; adapted; agreeable; answerable.
Etymology: from correspond.
What good or evil is there under the sun, what action correspondent or repugnant unto the law which God hath imposed upon his creatures, but in or upon it God doth work, according to the law which himself hath eternally purposed to keep. Richard Hooker.
And as five zones th’ etherial regions bind,
Five correspondent are to earth assign’d. John Dryden, Ovid.Correspondentnoun
One with whom intelligence or commerce is kept up by mutual messages or letters.
He was pleased to command me to send to him, and receive from him all his letters from and to all his correspondents at home and abroad. John Denham, Dedication.
ChatGPT
correspondent
A correspondent generally refers to a journalist, reporter, or letter-writer who is responsible for sending news or updates to a newspaper, television station, or other media outlets, often from different locations. In a broader sense, it can also refer to someone involved in direct communication or exchange with another person.
Webster Dictionary
Correspondentadjective
suitable; adapted; fit; corresponding; congruous; conformable; in accord or agreement; obedient; willing
Correspondentnoun
one with whom intercourse is carried on by letter
Correspondentnoun
one who communicates information, etc., by letter or telegram to a newspaper or periodical
Correspondentnoun
one who carries on commercial intercourse by letter or telegram with a person or firm at a distance
Etymology: [Cf. F. correspondant.]
Wikidata
Correspondent
A correspondent or on-the-scene reporter is a journalist or commentator, magazines or more general speaking, an agent who contributes reports to a newspaper, or radio or television news, or another type of company, from a remote, often distant, location. A foreign correspondent is stationed in a foreign country. The term correspondent refers to the original practice of filing news reports via postal letter. The largest networks of correspondents belong to ARD and BBC.
British National Corpus
Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'correspondent' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4369
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'correspondent' in Nouns Frequency: #1668
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of correspondent in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of correspondent in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
Examples of correspondent in a Sentence
We have sent almost 40 SWIFTS to different banks around the world and we have requested that now that the sanctions are lifted, we would like to exchange documents and whether they will consider a correspondent banking relationship, some of them have come back and have asked for various questions, for documents they need.
Daphna Shohamy, who is a professor of psychology at Columbia University, told CNN Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta in a recent podcast.How to not raise a racist white kidAnd we're all forced to make decisions in that state of uncertainty and to just rely on what we do know, which is not good enough, i notice it myself all the time.
And the troop deployment was the lead across all the network nightly newscasts on Thursday evening. ABC's David Muir : on the groundA small number of correspondents for Western news outlets are in Afghanistan and are giving voice to the citizens there. For example, CNN's chief international correspondent Clarissa Ward filed a report from Kandahar last weekend. Flash forward a few days, and she says.
Due to compliance requirements it's getting more and more difficult for local banks to find a correspondent bank that will take Caribbean business.
Whenever theres a discrepancy between official rates and black market rates, corruption thrives. By manipulating foreign exchange, the Iranian central bank can divert the difference in rates to fund other projects, put another way, if foreign companies and correspondent banks pay the official exchange rate in their business with Iran, they will be paying six times as much in dollars. Literally, that means more than 83 percent could go to the Revolutionary Guards, while only 17 percent goes to legitimate purposes.
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