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# newsreader

noun (a newsreader, newsreaders)

«newsreader» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

(UK, Australia) A newsreader is a person who reads the news on television or radio. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/newsreader/#m1)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/newsreader/#x1)
- My aunt works as a newsreader on local radio. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/newsreader/#x2)
- The newsreader spoke clearly and calmly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/newsreader/#x3)
- We pretended to be newsreaders in drama class. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/newsreader/#x4)
- The newsreader smiled at the end of the bulletin. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/newsreader/#x5)
- A newsreader must practise reading aloud. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/newsreader/#x6)

### Note

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

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «newsreader» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/newsreader/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«newsreader» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/newsreader.html) on Mova free.