reporter
UK/ɹɪˈpɔː.tə//ɹɪˈpoɹ.tɚ/
reporter noun: someone or something that reports.
Noun
reporter (plural reporters)
- Someone or something that reports.
- The reporters of important security bugs may be paid a bounty by the software developer.
- 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.
- Synonyms:
- rapporteur
- A case reporter; a bound volume of printed legal opinions from a particular jurisdiction.
- 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.
reporter meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
reporter in Hindi
- journalist
- संवाददाता samvāddātā, पत्रकार patrakār
reporter in Tamil
- நிருபர், செய்தியாளர், தகவல் தருனர், நுவலிகை
reporter in Marathi
- journalist
- वार्ताहर vārtāhar
reporter in Urdu
- journalist
- صَحافِی sahāfī
More languagesFewer languages
- reporter in Bengali
- রিপোর্টার ripōrṭar, সংবাদদাতা śoṅbaddata, সাংবাদিক śaṅbadik
- reporter in Telugu
- విలేకరి, రిపోర్టర్
- reporter in Malayalam
- വാർത്താസംവേദകൻ, പത്രലേഖകൻ, റിപ്പോർട്ട് ചെയ്യുന്നവൻ
- reporter in Kannada
- ಸುದ್ದಿಗಾರ, ಆರಡಿಗ, ವರದಿಗಾರ, ಬಾತ್ಮೀದಾರ
- reporter in Punjabi
- ਰਿਪੋਰਟਰ
- reporter in Gujarati
- રિપોર્ટર
- reporter in Nepali
- रिपोर्टर
- reporter in Tagalog
- tagapag-ulat
- reporter in Arabic
- مُرَاسِل murāsil, مُرَاسِلَة murāsila, صَحَافِيّ ṣaḥāfiyy, صَحَافِيَّة ṣaḥāfiyya
- reporter in Indonesian
- jurnalis
- reporter in Thai
- นักข่าว nák-kàao
- reporter in Vietnamese
- phóng viên, nhà báo, ký giả
- reporter in Myanmar
- သတင်းထောက် sa.tang:htauk
Examples of reporter in a sentence
- The reporter called the company on the pretext of trying to resolve a consumer complaint.
- His voice wavered when the reporter brought up the controversial topic.
- The reporter uncovered the dirt on the businessman by going undercover.
Synonyms of reporter
Forms of reporter
| plural | reporters |
|---|---|
| alternative form | reportor |
| alternative form | reportour |
Origin of reporter
From Middle English reportour, from Old French reporteur; equivalent to report + -er.
Words formed from reporter
Words that rhyme with reporter
- quarter
- supporter
- mortar
- snorter
- transporter
- porter
- sporter
- exhorter
- shorter
- sorter
- thwarter
- courter
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Questions about reporter
- What does reporter mean?
- Reporter means someone or something that reports.
- What is reporter in Hindi?
- Reporter in Hindi is संवाददाता (samvāddātā), पत्रकार (patrakār). See Reporter meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is reporter?
- Reporter is a noun.
- How do you pronounce reporter?
- Reporter is pronounced /ɹɪˈpɔː.tə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of reporter?
- The plural of reporter is reporters.
Words near reporter in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: reporter (page history and authors); reporter (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); reporter (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); reporter (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); reporter (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); reporter (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); reporter (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); reporter (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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