reporter A2 Topic:Media & Publishing US /ɹɪˈpoɹ.tɚ/ UK /ɹɪˈpɔː.tə/ See IPA manual Freq #2448 Meanings 1 noun A person who collects news and writes or broadcasts it for newspapers, radio, or television. A reporter interviewed the witnesses at the scene. 2 noun Someone or something that reports information. The reporters of the bug were thanked by the company. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a person who collects news... newsmannewsperson Word family Forms reporters Derived forms bioreportercoreporterreporteressreporterismreporterlyreportershipreportress Related forms rapporteurreporting Common collocations television reporter Noun + noun Etymology AI details From Middle English reportour, from Old French reporteur; equivalent to report + -er. reportour Middle English reporteur Old French View etymology graph -> Topics Media & Publishing External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # reporter **Type:** Word **Level:** A2 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ɹɪˈpoɹ.tɚ/ **IPA (UK):** /ɹɪˈpɔː.tə/ **Frequency rank:** 2448 ## Meanings 1. A person who collects news and writes or broadcasts it for newspapers, radio, or television. 2. Someone or something that reports information. ## Examples - A reporter interviewed the witnesses at the scene. - The reporters of the bug were thanked by the company. ## Derived Forms - bioreporter - coreporter - reporteress - reporterism - reporterly - reportership - reportress ## Related Forms - rapporteur - reporting ## Roots and Affixes - Root: reportour - Root: reporteur ## Etymology From Middle English reportour, from Old French reporteur; equivalent to report + -er. ## AI Etymology Reporter comes from Middle English reportour, from Old French reporteur; equivalent to report + -er. Modern senses include a person who collects news and writes or broadcasts it for newspapers, radio, or television. and someone or something that reports information.. The wider word family includes derivatives such as bioreporter, coreporter, reporteress, reporterism, reporterly, and reportership and related forms such as rapporteur and reporting. ## Topics - Media & Publishing markdown