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| 1. | [ noun ] someone who communicates by means of letters | |
| Synonyms: | letter_writer | |
| Related terms: | communicator pen_pal correspond | |
| 2. | [ noun ] (writing,news) a journalist employed to provide news stories for newspapers or broadcast media | |
| Synonyms: | newspaperman pressman newswriter newspaperwoman | |
| Related terms: | journalist war_correspondent foreign_correspondent | |
| 3. | [ adjective ] similar or correspondent in some respects though otherwise dissimilar | |
| Synonyms: | analogous | |
| Examples: | "brains and computers are often considered analogous" "surimi is marketed as analogous to crabmeat" |
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| Related terms: | similar | |
| Similar spelling: |
corespondent co-respondent correspond correspondence corresponding correspondingly |
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