reporter

A2 Topic:People & Society

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

Appears in

Phrases (1)

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television reporter
a journalist who presents news stories for television broadcasts

Noun + noun

Etymology

From Middle English reportour, from Old French reporteur; equivalent to report + -er.

reportour Middle English reporteur Old French

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Topics

People & Society

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# 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
- People & Society

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