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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

reporter

/ɹɪˈpoɹ.tɚ/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.35 in modern English

Syllables
re-porter
IPA
/ɹɪˈpoɹ.tɚ/
10
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Someone or something that reports.

noun

A journalist who investigates, edits and reports news stories for newspapers, radio and television.

noun

A person who records and issues official reports of judicial or legislative proceedings.

noun

A case reporter; a bound volume of printed legal opinions from a particular jurisdiction.

noun

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

Etymology

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

Origin

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ɹɪˈpoɹ.tɚ/
  • British English: /ɹɪˈpɔː.tə/

Inflected Forms

reporters (plural) reportor (alternative) reportour (alternative)

Derived Forms

bioreporter coreporter reporteress reporterism reporterly reportership reportress

Phrases

case reporter court reporter cub reporter law reporter mandated reporter mandatory reporter police reporter pool reporter

Frequently Paired Words

news report reporting rapporteur

Synonyms

rapporteur newsperson

Rhymes With

quarter shorter supporter porter mortar exporter transporter importer sorter mcwhorter courter snorter

Questions

How do you pronounce reporter?
The recorded pronunciation is /ɹɪˈpoɹ.tɚ/.
What does reporter mean?
Someone or something that reports.
Where does reporter come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

How to pronounce reporter

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