Difference between revisions of "Correspondents"
From Nordan Symposia
Jump to navigationJump to searchm (Text replacement - "http://" to "https://") |
|||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
[[Image:lighterstill.jpg]][[File:SMForeignCorrespondent.jpg|right|frame]] | [[Image:lighterstill.jpg]][[File:SMForeignCorrespondent.jpg|right|frame]] | ||
| − | *Date: circa 1630 ([ | + | *Date: circa 1630 ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/17thCentury 17th Century]) |
==Definitions== | ==Definitions== | ||
*1 a : one who [[communicates]] with another by writing | *1 a : one who [[communicates]] with another by writing | ||
| Line 10: | Line 10: | ||
===Etymology=== | ===Etymology=== | ||
Middle French or Medieval [[Latin]]; Middle French correspondre, from Medieval Latin correspondēre, from Latin com- + respondēre to respond | Middle French or Medieval [[Latin]]; Middle French correspondre, from Medieval Latin correspondēre, from Latin com- + respondēre to respond | ||
| − | *Date: 1529 ([ | + | *Date: 1529 ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16thCentury 16th Century]) |
===Definitions=== | ===Definitions=== | ||
*1 a : to be in conformity or agreement <the [[ideal]] failed…to correspond with the [[reality]] — J. R. Sutherland> | *1 a : to be in conformity or agreement <the [[ideal]] failed…to correspond with the [[reality]] — J. R. Sutherland> | ||
Latest revision as of 23:45, 12 December 2020
- Date: circa 1630 (17th Century)
Definitions
- 1 a : one who communicates with another by writing
- b : one who has regular commercial relations with another
- c : one who contributes news or commentary to a publication (as a newspaper) or a radio or television network often from a distant place <a war correspondent>
- 2 : something that corresponds
Correspond
Etymology
Middle French or Medieval Latin; Middle French correspondre, from Medieval Latin correspondēre, from Latin com- + respondēre to respond
- Date: 1529 (16th Century)
Definitions
- 1 a : to be in conformity or agreement <the ideal failed…to correspond with the reality — J. R. Sutherland>
- b : to compare closely : match —usually used with to or with
- c : to be equivalent or parallel
- 2 : to communicate with a person by exchange of letters.
