Reporter
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ɹɪˈpɔː.tə/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Reporter is a noun meaning Someone or something that reports.
Meaning
Someone or something that reports.
More Meanings
- A journalist who investigates, edits and reports news stories for newspapers, radio and television.
- A person who records and issues official reports of judicial or legislative proceedings.
- (law) A case reporter; a bound volume of printed legal opinions from a particular jurisdiction.
- (biology) A gene attached by a researcher to a regulatory sequence of another gene of interest, typically used as an indication of whether a certain gene has been taken up by or expressed in the cell or organism population.
Example Sentences
The reporters of important security bugs may be paid a bounty by the software developer.
Word Forms
- reporters
- reportor
- reportour
Synonyms for reporter
Depending on context, synonyms include newsman, newsperson.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include newsperson, newsman, journalism, reporting, news, newspaperman.
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