Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The act, fact, or state of agreeing or conforming.
- noun A similarity, connection, or equivalence.
- noun Communication by the exchange of letters, e-mails, or other forms of written messages.
- noun The messages sent or received.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A relation of parallelism, or similarity in position and relation. See
correspondent , a., 1, and correspond, 1. - noun A relation of conformableness or congruity; the state of being adapted or reciprocally related in form or character; a condition of agreement or relative fitness.
- noun In mathematics, a mode of relation by which each individual of one set is related to a definite number of individuals of another (or the same) set, and a definite number of individuals of the first set is related to each individual of the second set. If M is the first number and N the second, the relation is said to be an N to M correspondence.
- noun That which corresponds to something else; one of a pair or series that is complementary to another or others.
- noun Intercourse between persons at a distance by means of letters sent and answers received.
- noun Hence The letters which pass between correspondents: as, the correspondence of Goethe and Schiller is published.
- noun Friendly intercourse; reciprocal exchange of offices or civilities; social relation.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Friendly intercourse; reciprocal exchange of civilities; especially, intercourse between persons by means of letters.
- noun The letters which pass between correspondents.
- noun Mutual adaptation, relation, or agreement, of one thing to another; agreement; congruity; fitness; relation.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun uncountable Friendly
discussion . - noun uncountable
Reciprocal exchange of civilities, especially conversation between persons by means of letters. - noun uncountable An agreement of situations or objects with an expected outcome.
- noun uncountable Newspaper or news stories, generally.
- noun uncountable Postal or other written communications.
- noun set theory, countable Another name for a
relation .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the relation of corresponding in degree or size or amount
- noun (mathematics) an attribute of a shape or relation; exact reflection of form on opposite sides of a dividing line or plane
- noun compatibility of observations
- noun similarity by virtue of corresponding
- noun communication by the exchange of letters
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Examples
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The EHRC made clear that the correspondence is a formal letter before action, putting the government on notice that it may turn to the courts to seek a judicial review of the guidance if it is not amended.
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Of the many letters received recently what comes through in much of the correspondence is the strong sense of relief at knowing the details of their illness and the hope inspired by the rigorous evaluation of their problem using
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The correspondence is signed by, you guessed it, ‘A Kempe MediaSentry Operations’
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By the late 1920s, Rakosi was in correspondence with Ezra Pound, who prompted Louis Zukofsky to contact him.
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For a long time he had been in correspondence with the chief banks in Shanghai and Macao.
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Please see links to Richard Toliver, who constantly (in correspondence, news articles, etc.) tries to pass himself off as a "second generation" Tuskegee Airman ... he even went to Iraq (see ARTICLES) telling the troops over there of his self-acclaimed status ...
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Here too the correspondence is exemplary of an age in which, for the first time, the role of the patron and of gentlemanly subscribers is in uneasy competition with the influence of a mass public and the publishers who sell books to that public.
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By the late 1920s, Rakosi was in correspondence with Ezra Pound, who prompted Louis Zukofsky to contact him.
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All federal forms and correspondence is bilingual.
119102366 commented on the word correspondence
You CAN'T take a dAnce class through correspondEnce.
April 3, 2011