B2nounmedia
US/ˌkɔːr.əˈspɑːn.dənt/
UK/ˌkɒr.ɪˈspɒn.dənt/
a journalist who reports on a particular subject or from a particular country
In context
Our Asia correspondent reports from Bangkok on the floods.
She worked as a war correspondent for nearly twenty years.
The newspaper's science correspondent explained the new research clearly.
Words that go with correspondent
adjective + noun
- foreign correspondentAs a foreign correspondent, he lived in six countries.
- political correspondentOur political correspondent says the vote will be close.
- senior correspondentShe was promoted to senior correspondent last year.
noun + noun
- war correspondentThe war correspondent wrote about the lives of ordinary families.
noun + preposition
- correspondent inThe paper has a correspondent in Paris.