Meaning

3 senses
  1. Something which corresponds with something else; counterpart.

  2. Someone who communicates with another person, or a publication, by writing.

    корреспонде́нтkorrespondént

    someone who communicates by means of letters

  3. A journalist who sends reports back to a newspaper or radio or television station from a distant or overseas location.

    Korrespondent, Korrespondentin

    корреспонде́нтkorrespondént, корреспонде́нткаkorrespondéntka

    кореспонде́нтkorespondént, кореспонде́нткаkorespondéntka, допи́сувачdopýsuvač

Examples

23 sentences
  1. He was sent abroad as a correspondent.

    Його відправили закордон у якості кореспондента.

    ruЕго отправили за границу в качестве корреспондента.

    deEr wurde als Korrespondent ins Ausland gesandt.

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  2. Tom used to be a war correspondent.

    Том колись був військовим кореспондентом.

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  3. The correspondent filed a report from Moscow.

    ruКорреспондент представил отчет из Москвы.

    deDer Korrespondent schickte einen Bericht aus Moskau.

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  4. I am a poor correspondent.

    Я бідний кореспондент.

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  5. A correspondent must soon adjust himself to life abroad.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
journalist:
Русский
By meaning 2
one who corresponds:
journalist:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
journalist:

Origin

From Latin, via Middle French or directly, from Medieval Latin correspondēns, present part

From Latin, via Middle French or directly, from Medieval Latin correspondēns, present participle of correspondeō.

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Forms

plural: correspondents
Singularcorrespondent
Pluralcorrespondents

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • someone who communicates by means of letters:letter writer
  • a journalist employed to provide news stories for newspapers or broadcast media:newswriter

Word family

13 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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