newsreader

«newsreader» in Mova's school dictionary: a person who reads the news on television or radio — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a newsreader, newsreaders)

meaning for a pupil

(UK, Australia) A newsreader is a person who reads the news on television or radio. tree →

sense in the lessons

In media lessons and everyday life: the newsreader on the evening news. In the USA the usual word is «news anchor» or «newscaster».

examples

• The newsreader announced the football results. tree →
• My aunt works as a newsreader on local radio. tree →
• The newsreader spoke clearly and calmly. tree →
• We pretended to be newsreaders in drama class. tree →
• The newsreader smiled at the end of the bulletin. tree →
• A newsreader must practise reading aloud. tree →

note

Compound: news + reader. US: news anchor, newscaster. Note: «news» is uncountable and takes a singular verb: the news is on.

In the corpora

• Newsreaders speak slowly and look serious about deaths to show respect for the people who died and their families.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «newsreader» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.